Welcome PrivateSLP listeners to Episode 54! Today we are talking with Leanne Sherred, CCC SLP, founder and speech pathologist from expressable.io. In today’s interview, We will find out exactly why Leanne Started her own business as we talk about the following: * Venturing out and starting expressable.io, * The rewards and challenges of starting […] The post 54. Online Speech Therapy Business: Meet expressable.io founder Leanne Sherred, CCC-SLP appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jun 14, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome back PrivateSLP listeners, I would like to introduce The Perfect Student, Kyle White. Kyle is a super-motivated individual that is out to help as many kiddos in his community by providing some of the best pediatric therapy in the Philadelphia area. In this episode, you will hear how this United States Marine and MBA […] The post 53. The Perfect Student Interview: Meet Kyle White appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Apr 06, 2020•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast With the onset of COVID-19, I talk about making changes in your your Speech Therapy Private Practice. With sudden change comes anxiety, but in this episode, I look back at other events in my life that gave me the abilities to make good solid changes in our business so that patients can get their treatments […] The post 52. Managing Change in Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Mar 30, 2020•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast 2019 has been a great year for PrivateSLP, the Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast and Kyle’s clinics, Therapy Group of Tucson! When starting, growing or scaling a real speech therapy private practice, one of the benefits of learning from an active clinic owner with multiple disciplines and locations is gaining real-life experience and expertise […] The post 51. PrivateSLP Year in Review appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Dec 28, 2019•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Welcome to Episode 50 of the Speech Therapy Private Practice Startup Podcast! This episode is all about doing things differently to achieve maximum results in business and your personal life. To celebrate my 50th birthday this Christmas Eve, I decided to accomplish another one of my life goals – That is to earn a private […] The post 50. Keep Doing What Your Doing & You’ll Get What You’ve Got appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Nov 10, 2019•18 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode I talk about the idea and mindset of being fully committed and “All In” in your own speech therapy private practice. So many times people start their own business and simply give up. They quit because they can’t seem to cut away from their job, or they just don’t have enough patients […] The post 49. Fully Committed and “All In” in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jun 29, 2019•25 min•Transcript available on Metacast A speech therapy private practice is not always easy or fun and games. Many people suffer from the illusion that business owners are sitting around at the beach on their laptops getting rich while paying employees to do all of the grunt work. This is far from the truth. To be successful in speech therapy […] The post 48. Discipline in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Apr 30, 2019•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast Today’s episode is all about practice management software with Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP. Beata is a speech and language pathologist who started working on practice management software and apps after listening to a professor speak about telehelth services in graduate school. Today, TheraPlatform has grown into a robust practice management and EMR software for SLPs, […] The post 47. Private Practice Management Software with Beata Klarowska, M.S. CCC-SLP appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Feb 20, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In a busy, growing speech therapy private practice, there simply isn’t enough time to make everything happen: Referrals, Faxing, Billing, Payments, Accounts Receivable, Follow Up, Service Delivery, Cleaning, Payroll, etc. That’s why the goal of every private practice owner should be redundancy. The question for every owner should be not HOW to do something, but […] The post 46. How to Become Redundant in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jan 28, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast In today’s episode, I have a great conversation about online and telepractice therapy services with the founder and CEO of BlinkSession.com, Eric DeGrove. Eric and his wife, Rikki DeGrove, CCC-SLP started a new outpatient clinic about 2 1/2 years ago, Sprout Therapy Services in Colorado Springs, CO but suddenly realized many of their patients were […] The post 45. Teletherapy and Online Therapy Services: What You Must Know appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Nov 27, 2018•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Converting new referrals into weekly patients can be very exciting in your speech therapy private practice, but if done incorrectly, it can cost you big time in the form of lost revenue, unnecessary wasted time and most importantly poor patient satisfaction. In this episode, I answer some recent listener questions about non-therapist clinic ownership and […] The post 44. Onboarding New Patients in Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Oct 24, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Many people do quite well as a single provider in their speech therapy private practice. However, you’ll soon realize that there are only so many hours in a day, and that you can only see only so many patients during the week. With all of the other duties involved in a private practice, it can […] The post 43. How to Scale Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Sep 17, 2018•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 42, I speak with Roy Harmon over at Fusion Web Clinic and discuss the ins and outs of a speech therapy private practice. There many advantages to owning your own private practice, but there are some negatives, too. All of these aspects are discussed in this interview. Fusion Web Clinic also has a […] The post 42. Interview with Roy Harmon, Fusion Web Clinic appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Aug 16, 2018•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Not everyone needs to be incorporated to have a business. There are advantages and disadvantages of both situations and in Episode 41, I address these questions and give some examples why each situation may work better for some. Want to build a high converting website? We are loving Thrive Themes! In this episode: 01:42 […] The post 41. Comparing Corporations to Sole Proprietorships in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jul 10, 2018•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast When we have our own speech therapy private practice, we work for our patients. In order to stay in business, we must receive patient co-pays, deductibles and co-insurances as payment at the time of service. If claims are to be billed out to TPL, Medicaid or Medicare, these claims must be timely and clean in […] The post 40. Insurance Companies Pay on Their Own Time appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jun 17, 2018•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let’s face it, many SLP’s worry about perfection. They want everything to be just right, families to like them all of the time, kids to come into the treatment all happy and leave excited, etc. Well, being perfect doesn’t exists – But being GOOD does! When starting out in this journey of speech therapy private […] The post 39. Press “GO” and Be Consistently Good appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jun 03, 2018•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, I discuss the speech therapy private practice mindset and how it’s important for private practice success. I also list strategies that help you acquire and maintain this mindset so that you can start, grow or scale your business. In this episode: 01:59 – One space available for the Perfect Student 02:51 – […] The post 38. The Speech Therapy Private Practice Mindset appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
May 14, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast It may seem counter intuitive, but I believe that some people may be more afraid of being successful than failing. When you look the flow charts of failure and success, failure is easy. A successful flow chart is more complex, however. In this episode, I address common fears of success and provide some action steps […] The post 37. Fear of Success appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Apr 10, 2018•15 min•Transcript available on Metacast Big moves in your therapy practice come in many shapes and sizes: New hires, a new lease, expanding additional clinics, paying taxes, the list goes on and on. In this episode, I discuss some things to consider before making these big moves. In this episode: 00:38 – Cash Flow – The Heartbeat of […] The post 36. Do This FIRST Before Making a Big Move appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Mar 15, 2018•8 min•Transcript available on Metacast Recently, a listener named Darlene emailed me about starting her own speech therapy private practice. The more I read, the more I could see that she was unsure and scared about the process of getting started. She wanted to know the most common mistakes that people make when starting their own therapy practice. Back in […] The post 35. More Mistakes to Avoid When Starting Your Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Mar 11, 2018•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast When you work with insurances in speech therapy private practice, you will have claim denials. In this episode, I discuss common causes of claim denials as well as speak about patterns and trends to watch out for when dealing with insurances so that you can get paid. In this episode: 01:28 – Happy Mardi Gras […] The post 34: Claim Denials in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Feb 14, 2018•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Responsibility in your speech therapy private practice can come in many forms. The most obvious is being responsible to your patients, showing up and delivering good quality treatments and working on your offer that converts. There is also financial responsibility, social responsibility, responsibility to your team and most importantly being responsible and honest with yourself. […] The post 33: Responsibility in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jan 09, 2018•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast Going through an audit in speech therapy private practice can be frustrating, time consuming and scary (but it doesn’t have to be). In this episode, I reveal a few items that a financial auditor will require from you as a provider plus give you important insight to required documentation that will prove the speech therapy […] The post 32: Payment Audits in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Dec 06, 2017•12 min•Transcript available on Metacast In speech therapy private practice, there are two things that really matter if you want to stay profitable (and open for business). In this episode, I discuss revenue and expenses and the importance of managing the flow of money coming into and out of the practice. In this episode: 02:00 – Listener Statistics 02:40 – […] The post 31: Revenue and Expenses in Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Nov 01, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast When starting a speech therapy private practice, we need to have lots of hope to start (and grow) the business. Alfred Adler said, “Hope is the foundational quality of all change, and encouragement is the fuel which keeps hope alive.” In this 30th episode, I start out by answering two questions from the listening […] The post 30: Encouragement – The Fuel for Speech Therapy Private Practice Growth appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Oct 01, 2017•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast Let’s face it, we all want (and need) to get away from time to time so that we can relax and spend time with our family. But when you’re in business, you may not get paid if you’re not seeing patients. In this episode, I discuss the travel test and why it is important […] The post 29: Your Private Practice & the Travel Test appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Aug 29, 2017•16 min•Transcript available on Metacast In Episode 28, I talk about the cost of doing business. When I was very young, my dad (who was a hard-working plumber with an 8th grade education – he had over 100 employees in his plumbing contracting company) made me work hard. I hated all of the physical labor at that time, but reflecting […] The post 28: Ten Percent of Something is Better than One Hundred Percent of Nothing appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jul 23, 2017•9 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bright shiny objects (BSOs) are what destroy our motivation, desire and drive to start our speech therapy private practice. It’s seems like wherever we turn, BSOs are distracting us from our ultimate goal: Start, grow and scale our very own speech therapy private practice. Some of the more common BSOs are Facebook, email, Twitter and […] The post 27: Bright, Shiny Objects (BSOs) appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Jun 09, 2017•14 min•Transcript available on Metacast Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and the NOAH Principal are very important to remember as you start and grow your speech therapy private practice. In this episode, I discuss keeping notes and logging every aspect of your business on paper. You will quickly find that when you are just starting out, you are actually developing SOPs […] The post 26: SOPs and the Noah Principal appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
May 03, 2017•10 min•Transcript available on Metacast Attention to detail is very important in speech therapy private practice. In this podcast, I will discuss those “little things” that we as business owners do on a daily basis to set the standard of care in our speech therapy private practice. If these tasks are neglected, people will notice, and often the result is […] The post 25: Attention to Detail for Speech Therapy Private Practice appeared first on PrivateSLP ....
Apr 20, 2017•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast 
