Physical Therapy Private Practice: Secrets of the Top 10%

In this ever-changing healthcare system of ours, many are finding that it's time for them to take back control over their lives and drive the narrative instead of being the effect of the insurance carriers.  Is it better to go all cash-based or stay in-network and continue playing the insurance game? Maybe it's time to take back control with a proven HYBRID Model. As insurance carriers continue to...

It's more important than ever before that as owners we find ways to bring in good spirited fun and games into our office, for both our patients and staff. By survey, the highest reported degree of job satisfaction is based on staff friendliness resulting in the optimal workplace culture. If we turn our focus to servicing not only our patients but our personnel, community, and referral sources we w...

Almost every PT private practice owner I have worked with has shared with me their dream that life would be better once they owned their own practice. However, almost one-for-one they didn't understand the full scope of what they were getting into. Yet, there is one common thing that all successful owners do understand and that is how important it is to be focused, with unwavering commitment, to t...

All owners are responsible for the quality of their patient's care, as well as their patient's overall satisfaction with your practice. Your practice is a reflection of who you are and what is important to you. Your patients shouldn't be experiencing anything that you wouldn't want to experience yourself. All too often practice owners place too much attention on generating more revenue rather than...

As the owner of your own practice, you are not only responsible for the quality of patient care, and satisfaction of your employees, but also the viability of the organization you created. When it comes to your finance division it is important to understand the strategies and concepts necessary for maximizing your Net Revenue. All too often practice owners place their full attention on generating...

As the owner of your own practice, you are not only responsible for the quality of patient care, and satisfaction of your employees, but also the viability of the organization you created. When it comes to your finance division it is important to understand the best set up and workflow to maximize your operational needs. All too often practice owners place their full attention on their front desk...

As the owner of your own practice you are now being looked upon as the leader of your group, and as that leader, your staff will only follow you if they trust you. Trust is built on transparency between you and your staff. The same could also be said for any marriage or friendship the basis of all healthy relationships can be found in the foundation of trust and respect. 

The year was 2001 and I had just completed my second year in private practice. Back then I thought if I gave everybody everything they wanted they would love me and my staff morale would be high and everybody would be happy. Why wouldn't it work that way? I was giving everyone everything they wanted. One hour treatments, paid documentation time, paid lunch, full-time benefits for working 36 hours...

The year was 2003 and I was losing my shirt financially. I was $85,000 in debt losing $5,000 a month when my wife told me we have $15,000 left our name and that if I had a solution I better put it in play now. Like so many other PT owners, when things are going well we will bury ourselves in patient care. It was not until I was willing to look at the areas of business that I did not have the under...

Since the very beginning when I started consulting private practice owners back in 2004 it was the button of "How to get more new patients" that attracted the most owners to consulting services.  Even though we all knew it was because of them failing to be a good leader, time manager, quality control officer, personnel establishment officer, and an overall good executive that was the real problem....

In today's podcast, you will learn the importance of the four key elements for personal growth. Only through your ability to CONFRONT others with effective COMMUNICATION while taking full ACCOUNTABILITY to achieve maximum UNDERSTANDING will you be able to gain their AGREEMENT. You will also learn that your company's culture must be established by you and I have provided you a three-step approach i...

In this podcast, you will hear how leadership starts with leading you. If you ever wanted to be a better leader and learn some tips on how to build a better team within your office thus creating the company culture you really want, we will be going over several tips that have already been proven successful. In today's business environment it's also vitally important to step outside of our own prof...

In this episode, we will be focusing on the recent repeal of the Medicare Therapy Cap, as well as some workable solutions for how to succeed in the future of physical therapy private practice under the new payment model.