In this reverse interview, I’m fielding questions from Paul Gough about my first year of expanding from solo practitioner to hiring staff and running a multi-therapist practice. We especially dive into the things I would have done differently as well as the decisions...
This interview was done in-person with “direct primary care” physician Michael Garrett, MD who has a private medical practice just down the road from my PT clinic in Austin Texas. He is part of the “direct primary care” movement in which patients pay a...
Wow, what a year it’s been! Though I had to slow my content creation somewhat for DrJarodCarter.com in order to focus on my physical therapy clinic in Austin, it turns out it was time really well spent … In the past year, I have hired 3 full-time employees to...
Some cash-based practices, like my physical therapy clinic in Austin, aren’t billing out-of-network (OON) on behalf of their cash-paying patients who have insurance coverage. However, many practices do offer this service. Especially those that have transitioned...
As competition increases, POPTS and hospital systems horde referrals, and profit margins are squeezed by declining insurance reimbursements, targeting a niche market in which you become the “go-to practice” can be a business-saving move. In this episode, I answer the...
When I was writing my first book on the Cash-Based business model years ago, I never would have thought it would serve as a guide and inspiration for a PT to start a cash-pay cancer-rehab practice … one block away from my house! Just 6 months ago, Angela...
Sarah King DPT of Invigorate Physical Therapy first heard about the “cash-based business model” when she came across this podcast about 2 years ago. Just 6 months later she had started her cash-based neuro practice … which had a waiting list within a year and a half!...
For most people who make their way to this website, Mike Reinold needs no introduction. Over a number of years he has built up the biggest and most popular website on physical therapy and rehab, and two years ago he left his career as a PT in professional baseball to...
I recently had a special guest visit me at my physical therapy clinic in Austin, and before we dove into all the fun things this city has to offer, we sat down and did a live interview on Periscope … which I of course recorded and now you can listen to the audio...
I am the patient of an amazing manual therapist who is winding down her private practice and introducing me to her referral sources, asking them to start sending me patients rather than her. (I know, pretty amazing!) Anyhow, an orthopedist replied to her email...
This episode is an absolute must-listen … it’s not very long but is absolutely packed with marketing strategies and tactics you can immediately implement in your physical therapy business, whether it’s cash-based OR insurance-based. You’ll learn about...
The last couple months have been a wild ride but I’m very happy to report that my new PT’s schedule is staying completely full as we open up more treatment days per week on his schedule. In January, he’s seeing patients 3 days/week as he fully phases out of his...