Private Practice Owners Club

If you consider marketing to physicians “Marketing 101” for PT owners, then obviously, marketing directly to consumers (potential patients) would be “Marketing 102.” And if Marketing 102 for PT owners were a college course, Matt Slimming, PT would be the professor. Recognizing the changes happening around him – POPTs and hospital network consolidation, referrals from physicians are down 50% over p...

Reaching out for help from coaches helps us gain the needed insights for the development of our practice. In this episode, we are following up on the owner of Druid Hills Physical Therapy in Atlanta, Georgia, Dr. Avi Zinn , PT, DPT, OCS, about how he has developed his business. Although he has been successful in the development of his practice to this point, Avi reaches out because he recognizes t...

Although Mike Bills, PT had plenty of managerial experience for a large hospital network, it did not prepare him for owning his own PT clinic. He quickly learned that owning and managing are two different ball games. Mike reached out and got some consulting support five plus years ago, stepped out of treating full-time, and has networked with other PT owners for the past five years. Now, his one-p...

There is nothing more comforting than knowing that you are financially secure for the future. Bringing in a trusted expert from Econologics Financial Advisors , Eric Miller gets into the mindset, attitude, and strategic plans you need in place to secure your wealth for the future and for your household. Eric and Econologics have been working as financial advisors to hundreds of private practice ow...

It’s an age-old question for PT owners – should I have my own billing department or outsource it? It’s a dilemma that each PT will go through at some point. Let’s get the answers from billing veteran Amy Sparks . Amy has 20+ years of medical and PT-specific billing experience and has a firm grasp of what it takes for an in-house billing department to run smoothly. IF you have the right people and...

Freedom comes from making a healthy profit. Thus, on this episode, host Nathan Shields and guest Frank Cawley, PT discuss what it takes to establish a solid financial structure and improve profits in business. They tackle the important KPIs you need to track, the financial team you should have in place, the pros/cons of owning your office space, and the reports you need to review regularly. We’re...

In this episode, host Nathan Shield talks about the people within your company with the CEO of Pure Physical Therapy and Founder of Next Level Physical Therapy , Frank Garza, PT. Frank started seeing growth in his PT clinic once he started weeding out the “bad apples” in his organization and focused on hiring and firing those people who weren’t in alignment. How did he do it? He, along with his wi...

If you’re stuck on how to create vision and values, this episode is your “how to.” Business coach, entrepreneur, and physical therapist   Sturdy McKee , PT makes a comeback in this episode to talk more about creating vision and values. Sturdy is a business coach, entrepreneur and business owner who also happens to be a physical therapist and private practice owner. Today, he reveals the...

Team buy-in means a significant number of people become greatly involved in making your company or organization perform well. If you tried to implement this change without success, then Arlan Alburo, PT, DPT, MTC has you covered with his thirteen-step process. As the CEO, Chief Content Officer, and Co-Founder of Orthopedic and Balance Therapy Specialists , he saw to it that he is leading the compa...

Going through the interview or hiring process is much like courtship. When you are really smitten by the right person, you can become a nervous wreck and bumble the job offer process. Brian Weidner of Career Tree Network is back on the podcast to share even more wisdom on successfully recruiting and hiring your next PT. He shares some successful actions that you can take to increase your odds of g...

Transitioning from one profession to another takes a lot of courage, preparation, and experience. Kevin Kostka, DPT, PES is a great example of someone who has excelled in the different aspects of professional growth and successfully transitioning to the next phase – from a high-achieving student (four college degrees) to specialized physical therapist (co-wrote a book) to successful PT owner (five...

As a business owner, one of the most fundamental aspects to have if you want to grow, improve, and be successful is a vision. Our guest, Travis Robbins, PT, learned the importance of creating a vision the hard way. He spent years going deeper and deeper into debt while building a multi-clinic PT company, never really looking for a way to get profitable. However, once he hit rock bottom, he decided...

Developing a winning team is crucial for an organization or company to reach its goals. Craig Phifer, PT , the CEO of Rehabilitation and Performance Institute of Evansville, IN has put systems, rubrics, and filters in place to REALLY hone in on the successful characteristics and traits of the top performers in his company. Plus, his company’s focus has been on providing his team the autonomy and s...

This week, Stephen Rapposelli, PT hijacks the show and turns the tables on the host! Stephen noted early on in his conversations with Nathan Shields that he hasn’t shared enough of his ownership journey with the audience, thus he pushed to take over the podcast and ask Nathan and Sean Miller exactly how they went from individual clinic owners to selling their clinics to Empower PT last year. Steph...

Burnout is an overwhelming form of exhaustion which can happen to anyone especially those in the workforce. Lucas Briggs, DPT has unfortunately, at a young professional age, already had to deal with the consequences of burnout. Stresses stemming from work, social environment, and home can all accumulate at any given time and show up in many different ways. As leaders, it is imperative that you tak...

Paul Martin has been dealing with mergers and acquisitions in physical therapy since the turn of the century, so he knows the market. However, things are different now than they were even five to eight years ago. Today, Paul shares what you need to know if you’re looking to sell in this environment, and what you should know about the current industry even if you’re not thinking of selling. As an i...

An organization needs to adhere to its values in order for growth to thrive. Stephen Rapposelli’s turning point in his clinic came when decided to implement some structure and identify what his company stood for and how they got things done. As you’ll hear in his story, once he and his team decided to clarify their core values and begin working, hiring, firing, evaluating, and championing their va...

How do you work 60 hours a week and still grow your practice? This is an issue at the heart of PTO Club’s target audience, and Dr. Jamey Schrier, PT joins us to talk about it. Jamey is the Founder and CEO of The Practice Freedom Method, a business training for physical therapists who want financial prosperity and a better quality of life. Running a practice involves a ton of responsibilities and d...

Networking, when leveraged correctly, can be a huge boost to your personal and professional life. Jarom Schmidt is not only an example of that, he wrote a book about it called Networking: From College to Career. He is a natural networker and his professional life has shown the benefits of it. Today, he shares with us not only why we should intentionally network, but also how to do it and do it wel...

There are opportunities out there that we can and should take advantage of to improve our practice. Looking for these opportunities from a unique perspective, Heidi Jannenga, PT, DPT, ATC is back to discuss the results of WebPT’s “The State of Rehab Therapy – 2019” and takes on the challenge to address the obstacles and detriments to the profession. As Heidi breaks these down, arm yourself with th...

As important as it is to have a good relationship with your patients, it is also very necessary to put attention to elevating relationships with physicians. Clinic Director at Therapeutic Associates Physical Therapy, Matt Booth, PT, DPT has created an ideal model for collaboration with local physicians by establishing a peer-to-peer relationship through the FDM (Fascial Distortion Model) technique...

Is it easy for you to find a good, qualified physical therapist? If so, this episode isn’t for you. Congratulations! For the rest of us, recruiting quality physical therapist is a chore, and not an easy one at that. Will Humphreys, PT has found a way that’s been successful for him. Over the years, and now as the VP of Talent Acquisition and Development at Empower PT, he has developed a way of help...

Shaun Kirk, PT is back! Our last interview with Shaun has been the most listened-to episode of the podcast over the first year, and he’s got more to share! He discussed the six areas of practice that all owners need to be aware of in our first episode. In this episode, Shaun shares with us the three areas of provider production that need to be addressed. It’s easy to see when a PT in your practice...

No business can level up their patients’ experience if they don’t understand the customer’s journey. The host of Healthcare DisruPTion Podcast, Jerry Durham, PT, has built a reputation in the PT industry as an outspoken expert who sees things with a different perspective. Jerry and his partner, Sturdy McKee, decided to take their physical therapy practices out-of-network before it was trendy or ev...

It’s been a year! I can’t believe that I’ve made it this far and the guests I’ve been able to have on the podcast! I’m really proud of the content that we’ve been able to share, it’s invaluable to PT owners (if I do say so myself). There are some episodes that stick out, and we’ll discuss those today. There are also some things that I’ve learned which I’ll share as well. In order to do that we’re...