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Every week we email a free tip, technique, or strategy about Nurse Practitioner's in business and practice. The tips are short, to the point, and cover a wide range of subjects. To sign up for the tip of the week, use the sign-up form on the right. We value your right to privacy, and we will never sell or share your email address with others, nor will ever send you spam. Unsubscribe instructions are included with every tip.
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Progress Notes Issue 59: 13 Tips to a Green Practice
NP Business Tip: 13 Tips to a Green Practice : Having a greener practice is just not about color. Nor is it about a green eyed monster. Instead today, green is about being eco-friendly by recycling as much as you can, purchasing recycled products, and in general reducing your consumption of goods that may adversely impact the environment. . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 57: Questions for your Candidates.
NP Business Tip: Questions for your Candidates. Hiring staff is an area where most entrepreneurs feel they could do a better job.As Nurse Practitioners, many of us were never really taught how to hire(nor how to release those who were wrongly hired). Making the wrong decision can be costly in terms of time, energy, staff moral, and unemployment taxes assessed on your business. . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 56: Why Niching your Practice Might be Better than Primary Care
NP Business Tip: Why Niching your Practice Might be Better than Primary Care Yes, the big push right now is primary care, but not everyone does primary care nor do they want to. Several clinicians already work in specialty practices such as diabetes, bladder health, pain management, psych/mental health and more. So what are some of the advantages to providing specialty care? . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 54: Outsourcing your Billing
NP Business™ Tip: Outsourcing your Billing Early in the process of starting up your practice, or even after you have been open for a while, you will be faced with what to do about billing. Your options are limited: you hire someone to come in, you do it yourself, or you outsource the billing. My choice, when I first opened was to outsource and while I thought that I was making good choices, my experience was less than poor. Let me share with you what I've learned since then so you can avoid my mistakes. . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 53:7 Ideas to diversify your practice income.
NP Business™ Tip: 7 Ideas to diversify your practice income. Many practices are being squeezed in the middle these days. Reimbursement is being reduced (or rules are being made to reduce it) and overhead is rising. It is simple economics when it comes to having a profitable practice…more money has to come in than go out. . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 52: Should I Open a Cash Practice?
NP Business™ Tip: Should I Open A Cash Practice? When Nurse Practitioners and Physician's Assistants look at opening practices, they often ask about the feasibility of opening a cash practice. This question comes up for all types of practices: primary care, house call, urgent care/walk in, specialty niche practices . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 51: Taking Care of Self so you can Take Care of Business.
NP Business™ Tip: Taking Care of Self so you can Take Care of Business. Let's face it. We are Nurse Practitioners. We've been caring for our patients and most likely our families for years. We are known for caring and we are excellent at taking care of everyone. But I'd bet if you are like most professionals I speak with, you are not so good at taking care of "Self". . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 50: Business Taxes- An Overview
NP Business Tip: Business Taxes- An Overview Twenty years ago, when I started my business, I learned the hard way that I had to pay business taxes in the form of quarterly federal and state taxes. My ignorance had put me in a financial bind. I had to come up with a big chunk of money, which included taxes, late fees and penalties. Don't let this happen to you! . . .
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Progress Notes Issue 49: 10 Steps for Using Press Releases
NP Business Tip: 10 Steps for Using Press Releases Health care is a huge front page news topic these days. Just glance through your local and national newspapers and magazines, listen to the radio, watch TV, and take a look at the social media and blog posts to get an idea of how much concern there is. . . .
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