CBP 007: Carlos Berio DPT – Cash Practice Owner – on Employing Cash-Based PTs, Value, and Cash-Pay Fitness Programs

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Today’s podcast episode is with Cash-Based Practice Owner, Carlos Berio PT, DPT, MS, CSCS, CMTPT. He employs a staff physical therapist, a personal trainer, and an office administrator. He shares multiple lessons he’s learned along the way and the key factors to his success so far. 

• How Carlos got his start in the cash-pay realm and went from a 300 sq ft space to a 2000 sq ft space.

• The mistakes he made along the way.

• The compensation plan he has for his cash-based employees.

• His emphasis on Value and how his team emphasizes this to their clientele.

• The logistics of out-of-network PT billing on behalf of cash-pay patients.

• The variety of non-treatment wellness and fitness services he offers and how he markets them.

• His “soft-discharge” approach and PT “tune up” program.

• His advice for those interested in this business model but worried about the ability to grow a practice beyond one or two practitioners.

• Spark Physio online

• WebPT EMR (tell them Carlos Berio sent you)

• Spark Personal Training

• Spark Tough

• Lunch and Learn

• Spark Physio on Facebook

• @SPARKphysio on Twitter

• The Cash-Based Practice Podcast - homepage (if you’d like to leave a review)

• drjarodcarter.com/awesome

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