You are invited to join us on a FREE webinar on Sunday 10/30/2011. Keep reading to learn more! As a Nurse Practitioner and a Physician Assistant, you work exceedingly hard every day to make sure your patients get the best you can offer. You have been well educated as a clinician and are quite accomplished …
Free Healthcare? No such thing.
Recently, I responded to a thread on the allnurses.com forum where the issues was about patient care vs the business of medicine (my summary). Many nurses and nurse practitioners, as well as other clinicians, do not understand the business of healthcare and how money is indeed the major player. Healthcare is not free, someone is …
Ebb and Flow of Business
As you think of your Nurse Practitioner owned business and practice, consider these thoughts.
Negotiation Skills
Nurse Practitioners entrepreneurs are often faced with negotiating some sort of contract be it for services, supplies or collaboration. While there are plenty of books and courses available to sharpen your negotiation skills, Tim Berry recently posted “Three Simple but Powerful Rules for Negotiation” that helps bring this to a simple but elegant solution.
Just Ask!
I spoke with a Nurse Practitioner the other day who was able to get credentialed (after months of following up) – the first in her state. What surprised both of us, is that the insurance company told her no one had asked for independent credentialing before. What have you not asked for?
Don’t forget…September 15th (Taxes)
Depending on your Nurse Practitioner business structure, Monday September 15th, 2008 is the due date for your third quarterly (Q3) self employment tax payment. Federal estimated self employment taxes, are based on your
NP Entrepreneurs Should Know How to?
I ran across a great post listing 30 Things Every Entrepreneur Should Know How to Do. As I read through it, I found I was nodding my head. Many of these things, we already do – we’ve been working in teams for years, first as nurses, then as nurse practitioners. However, there are several many …