Grow Your Practice Podcast

Dr. Jason Sonners is the Founder of HBOT USA, an organization that is paving the way for hyperbaric oxygen therapy to become a well-understood and easily accessible tool for patients and providers. He is also the author of Wellness to the Core: Be Fit, Be Nourished, Be Balanced Beyond the Limitations of Traditional Medicine and Oxygen Under Pressure: Using Hyperbaric Oxygen to Restore Health, Redu...

In this special episode, Chad Madden invites you to join him and dozens of other practice owners at Madden PT Headquarters for Breakthrough LIVE! You'll learn: -How to train your front desk to handle objections and book more plans of care -How to have difficult financial conversations with patients -How to run workshops and turn 100% of attendees into patients -How to package and sell cash service...

In this recorded webinar, Chad Madden co-presents with Tyson Wigfall, Head of Marketing at Breakthrough. They discuss the most common mistakes they’ve come across in their years of working with hundreds of private practice owners. Whether you’re hiring new clinicians, planning to open a new practice, or looking to hit your revenue goals, this episode is for you. Tune in to learn the do’s and don’t...

Dr. Miles Bodzin is a chiropractor and CEO of Cash Practice Systems. In this episode, Miles discusses: -His experience as an early pioneer of health and wellness -The importance of patient retention -A formula for retaining patients, called the 4 F's of Retention For more from Dr. Miles Bodzin and the Cash Practice, check out these links: cashpractice.com thecallingmovie.com loyalpatientjourney.co...

Your past patient list is one of your most valuable practice assets. In this episode, Chad talks with a live audience of practice owners about proven methods for increasing revenue by getting past patients back into the clinic. He answers questions like these from the audience: What email platform do you use to be HIPAA compliant for sending newsletters and offerings? Would a weekly email campaign...

Chad talks with Host of the PT Pintcast Podcast, Jimmy McKay. Jimmy shares: -How he got started in podcasting -7 questions for good communication -His philosophy on communicating the value of physical therapy Want to hear more from Jimmy? Check out the PT Pintcast at www.ptpintcast.com or listen in to his favorite episode ever: https://www.ptpintcast.com/2016/03/19/ep-61/amp/ ------------- Are you...

Today’s market conditions have created downward pressure on revenue, upward pressure on costs, and shrinking margins for many private practices. A lot of practice owners I’ve talked to recently are worried about the future of their practice. So what do you do in this situation? We need to figure out how to make up for lost revenue in our clinics, and for physical therapists, we need to make up for...

Dr. Drew Stevens consults with struggling healthcare practices to help them become profitable. We discuss leadership, strategic exits, financial planning, and the 3 Ps: People, Products and Processes. ------- Interested in joining my free monthly Q&A series? You'll get to discuss the biggest challenges you're experiencing in your practice and workshop them together with other practice owners. To s...

When it comes to marketing, most practice owners fall into one of two categories: 1) You wish you could do more marketing but feel time-starved and not sure where to begin or 2) You do some marketing, but want to get more consistent — if only you had the time. No matter which group you fall into, time is a major obstacle. Yet marketing is vital to your success. In this episode, Chad shows you how...

Chad Madden. talks with Paul Welk, Legal Expert and Licensed Physical Therapist. Paul has helped many practices implement growth strategies through acquisition and establishment of denovo clinics. He's also helped many practice owners through selling. Today, Paul shares 2023 trends in private practice. Specifically, he goes over the current market conditions, mergers and acquisitions, and strategi...

Chad talks with practice owners about strategies and solutions for weathering the financial challenges we're facing today. Listen in to hear the discussion around questions like: How do you hedge against declining reimbursements? Inflation and staffing challenges are driving up costs. How can we maintain profitability? What are strategies for filling schedules and filling space? How are practice o...

John Logar is a speaker, trainer, and consultant in internet marketing. He is a long-time friend of mine and has supported Breakthrough since the early days. In this episode, John takes over with a recorded presentation on the greatest opportunity for physical therapy in 2023 and beyond. Enjoy this special episode! To see the slides in this presentation, visit https://info.getbreakthrough.com/virt...

Ever sent out an email blast to your patient list and received a bunch of responses you then have to reply to? This is EXACTLY what you want to happen when you send out an email. The whole goal of email — if you’re using it correctly — is to drive patient visits, reactivations, and referrals. In last week’s episode, Chad talked about how to use email to drive consistent patient visits. You can acc...

I get asked a lot about what the most effective marketing strategy is, or where to start if you're just getting started with marketing. My answer is always to start with your past patient list. Using email (correctly) to engage your patient list is the single most effective and affordable way to drive consistent patient visits. Whether you rarely email your patient list or you're an emailing maste...

In this recorded training with practice owners, Chad trains a live audience on his methodology for annual practice planning. He shares how his team conducts financial planning for their 7 clinic locations. Practice owners on the call weigh in and ask questions, including: What categories of expenses do you factor into your financial plan? What costs do you cut first when margins get slim? How do y...

Brad Saunders, Practice Manager at Carolina Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, shares why his practice decided to roll out Remote Therapeutic Monitoring (RTM) and how it's going. He talks through lessons learned and steps to take if you choose to roll out RTM in your practice. Want to join the next conversation LIVE? Attend the next Grow Your Practice Live on Tuesday, December 6 at 1pm Eastern....

Chad talks about the big movement Breakthrough is leading, along with physical therapists across the country, to fix the broken healthcare system. What is the Physical Therapists' Pledge? Why are hundreds of PTs signing it? What's the desired outcome? Chad answers all these questions in the podcast. To learn more and take the Physical Therapists' Pledge, visit PatientDemand.com. ------------------...

Carl Mattiola, the OTHER CoFounder of Breakthrough, takes over the podcast to talk about the opportunity with TikTok. This episode is a recorded session from Breakthrough's recent Virtual Summit. Carl answers questions like: “Are patients on TikTok?” “Is TikTok overhyped?” “What is the fastest growing demographic on TikTok? “What kind of content is working on the platform?” To view the recording w...

In this live session, we tackled the question of how to avoid a decline in visits during your slow season. I share how I worked with my team to eliminate our slow season entirely and turn it into our busiest time. We also discussed questions from the Breakthrough Inside Circle group on topics such as hiring and personnel, benefits verification, and more. Want more tips on how to grow despite the h...

Chad recently conducted in-depth research on the state of healthcare in the U.S. In this episode, he shares his findings and discusses what it means for conservative care. To view the recorded version with slides, visit https://info.getbreakthrough.com/virtual-summit-replay. Want to join the next conversation LIVE? Attend the next Grow Your Practice Live, where you can ask Chad anything. Sign up h...

The 5 Stages of Awareness, defined by Eugene Schwartz, help owners generate consistent demand for their services. Most PTs today only capture demand from people who already know them. While this group makes up the lowest-hanging fruit, it excludes many potential patients: Those who could benefit from PT but don’t know it. Practices looking to generate consistent patient visits can achieve greater...

Chad recently came back from Breakthrough Live, an event where dozens of practice owners get together to work through and solve the biggest challenges in the practice. Chad shares his 5 biggest takeaways from the event, including how practice owners are approaching growth in the current economic climate, the opportunity with TikTok, and strategies to support hiring. The next Breakthrough Live even...

Chad Madden takes the Grow Your Practice Podcast Live in this episode with live callers, including PT and chiropractic practice owners from across the country. They discuss how a marketing calendar can help drive consistent results from marketing efforts and marketing strategies that work. Chad works with a practice owner to build out a marketing calendar for the upcoming quarter and answers quest...

Kristi Hudson on Having Difficult Financial Conversations with Patients During Stressed Economic Times Kristi Hudson, VP of Business Relations with ChiroHealth USA, shares 3 trends affecting private practice today and discusses how to have difficult financial conversations with patients in stressed economic times. To learn more, visit chirohealthusa.com or contact Kristi at kristi@chirohealthusa.c...

Chad talks with Deepak Sharma, Owner of Primus Physiotherapy. They discuss Deepak’s journey of launching and growing his practice, and spending 80 hours a week treating patients. Today, Deepak is down to treating 16 hours per week. He has more free time to spend with his family and to focus on growing the business. In this episode, he talks about how he made that transition, mistakes made, and les...