In Episode #22 of the NP Business Matters Podcast, I talk with Dr. Deborah Karas, nurse practitioner. Most commonly when people hear the term “nurse expert”, it elicits lots of questions: What is a nurse expert? What do they do? Are they different than an LNC? Where can they work? What kind of clinical expertise …
Dr. Cindy Elliott on Serving the Deaf Community
In this episode of the NP Business Matters Podcast, I talk with Dr. Cindy Elliott, nurse practitioner. Cindy started her practice in 2009 and ran it successfully for many years before joining a larger practice this past year. Learn how she set herself up for success, as well as build in time and space to …
Medicare, Are you in or out?
The idea of opting in or out of Medicare is a frequent question we receive. In this episode of the NP Business Matters Podcast, Short Takes, we discuss this in further detail. The most important thing clinicians need to understand is when you opt out of Medicare, you are out everywhere. It’s global. You are …
Tina Rose on the Evolution of a Women’s Healthcare Practice
Today I’m interviewing Tina Rose. She is a nurse practitioner business owner at Just Us Women health Center in MA. And recently celebrated 10 years in private practice. We talk about how she started as a pre-med and then experienced nursing and what her journey was like, working for others for 20 years before starting …
Seven Reasons to Think Twice Before Starting a Business in 2021
In today’s episode of the NP Business Matters Podcast, I talk about some reasons that should give you pause if you are considering starting a business or practice. Now I wrote about this previously, but it needed to be updated for this year. You can read below, or if you prefer, you can listen to …
A Conversation with Randi Mann on Growing a Successful Practice
Today I’m having a conversation with Randi Mann WHNP-BC, NCMP, ARNP. She is a women’s health care nurse practitioner who specializes in hormone care in Wisconsin. Randi built her practice so that she could take the time needed to educate and work with her patients…and has done so quite successfully. There is something here for …
Dr. Sonia Smith on Building a Pediatric Sleep Practice
Meet Dr. Sonia Smith, a pediatric nurse practitioner with her own practice and specializes in pediatric behavioral sleep issues. In this episode, we talk about the specialty of pediatric sleep medicine as well as what it takes to start a practice. You’ll hear why I call Sonia the “poster child”. We also spent time discussing…. …