Meet Latrina Walden. She is a nurse practitioner, educator, business owner, and former healthcare administrator. a healthcare administrator turned nurse practitioner. Her approach to business and education is different in that she came to nursing from that background of being a healthcare administrator is a highly regulated and understaffed area of healthcare. Listen in to …
How to Create a Financial Policy for your Practice
A solid financial policy will do wonders for your practice. It will guide you and your staff as well as your patients on how to do business with your practice. It can help stabilize your cash flow. And it can keep you in compliance. In this episode of the NP Business Matters podcast Barbara talk’s …
Insurance vs Cash Practice Pros & Cons
Quite frequently in the public Facebook NP business group, the question comes up about starting a cash practice vs an insurance-based practice. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation and myths around one or the other. Neither is perfect and neither is bad. They are different animals if you will that practices need to learn …
Rural Primary & Rheumatology Practice with Katy Searle
What is it like to own your own practice in rural Idaho? Meet Katy Searle, FNP-BC. She practices primary care and rheumatology in a town of just over 400 people. The successful practice she has built has brought people from all around. But, it wasn’t always this way. And in fact, when she wanted to …
Functional Medicine in Primary Care – Erin Bagshaw, NP
Functional Medicine practices are very popular among nurse practitioners. In today’s episode of the NP Business Matters Podcast, I speak with Erin Bagshaw, NP, who believes the future of primary care is functional medicine. Erin’s practice was established in 2004 and was the first NP-owned primary care practice in the Washington, DC area. She discusses: …
First NP Hospitalist Group with Ellen Harris
Every business needs to address a problem, and that is just what Ellen Harris, FNP did when she created the nation’s first NP Hospitalist group. This conversation has a lot of lessons for any nurse practitioner regardless if you choose to stay employed, or venture into your own business including Asking for what you are …
Advancing Nurse Coaching with Lyn McCright
Nurse Coaching is a very popular topic for both nurses and advanced practice nurses. Many Nurse Practitioners look forward to incorporating these skills into their existing practice, while others look to build a business around nurse coaching. On this episode of the NP Business Matters Podcast, we speak with Lyn McCright, RN, APRN, MPH, AHN-BC, …