Hard to believe it’s already time for another annual year-in-review podcast! As usual, I listened to the recordings from prior years to find out how my previous expectations fared against reality. And once again, I was pleased to discover most of the predictions were...
Do you or your receptionist lose prospective patients on the phone when they learn you’re not in-network with their insurance? Then this interview with Austin cash-practice owner Dan Bockman DC is for you! Dan is one of the top-rated chiropractors in Austin, who...
Ever wonder how badly the pandemic and 2020 really was for the average PT private practice? Or what practice owners and practitioners did to get through it, and how they’re doing now? Well, Heidi Jennenga, founder of WebPT, recently released the 5th annual State of...
Are declining reimbursements driving you to the brink? Well, then you’ll be especially interested in this interview with Austin cash-practice owner Dan Bockman, one of my Mastermind group members… After working as a chiropractor for 21 years, Dan found himself in...
Are you struggling to turn initial phone calls into cash-paying customers? Do you cringe when a prospective patient asks if you take their insurance? Then you won’t want to miss this week’s podcast episode, where I share tried-and-true techniques for improving the...
This week’s highlights episode is taken from an interview with Michael Garrett, MD, an Austin-area “direct primary care” physician with a private medical practice near my own cash-based physical therapy clinic in Austin, Texas. As our interview began, we inadvertently...
Gotta start with a big announcement: This week’s guest, Vatsal Thakkar, has created an incredible tool for cash-based practices, and I couldn’t be more excited to introduce it to you! This app enables patients to submit their own out of network claims for services...
In this highlights episode, Phil Plisky explains exactly how an insurance-based clinic can generate lots of cash-based revenue by offering wellness-focused screenings and injury prevention services. He describes precisely how they’ve successfully leveraged screenings...
In 2005, Cody Barnett left his job to open a physical therapy practice because he wanted to be able to provide the kind of care that exceeds patient expectations. For the same reason, he had the intention of structuring the practice as out of network from the start....
In this episode, I discuss the rather uncomfortable question often raised by prospective patients—that is, whether you participate with their health insurance plan. Over the years, I’ve found some strategies for making that conversation a whole lot more comfortable....
So here we are in 2020! This past year has been both incredible and incredibly challenging, and I wanted to share my biggest cash-based practice lessons learned and must-have strategies to bulletproof your private practice. Life can throw you curve balls, and if your...
In this highlights episode, Meredith Soelberg and Brooke Mitchell describe their experience as employees in an in-network physical therapy practice that had to “weather the storm” of massive reimbursement cuts. The impact of those cuts made it apparent that they’d...
