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...
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...
The 2016 Private Practice Section annual conference was held in Las Vegas, and I really had a blast. That’s especially apparent in this fun bar-side chat I had with a group of DPT students. (Please excuse the background noise and occasional evidence of inebriation.)...
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...
Chad Prince has had a long career in Physical Therapy and this episode is essentially an interview for his new book: Physical Therapy Career & Salary Guide: Avoid the Income Ceiling and Put Your Career in the FASTLANE. This was the last of 3 ‘reverse interviews’...
This episode is another in a series of reverse interviews where my guest is asking me the questions. Today’s guest is Gene Shirokobrod, PT of updocmedia.com, and the focus of the show is on the “Scalability” of this business model… that is, can a cash-based practice...
This “reverse interview” episode is essentially a recording of a consulting call I did with a friend and colleague, Richard Symister, PT of Move Evolution PT in Brooklyn, NY. He is looking to ramp up his practice and hire a PT and more full-time admin as he continues...
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...
Ever wonder how you can add cash-based services to your private practice but don’t really want to drop insurance contracts? This episode is for you. Actually, this episode will be useful to any type of practice out there interested in a realm of cash-based services...