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New Business Model for NP Owners?
November 12, 2008 7:50 AM by Jill Rollet
Did you see this story in Monday's New York Times about a 24-hour primary care clinic? This isn't an emergency department or acute care. Instead, patients can walk-in or schedule an appointment for a flu shot, cholesterol test, Pap smear or employment Read More...
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How Much Can I Expect To Make?
October 27, 2008 1:49 PM by Aaron Hartle
One of the main concerns I had prior to opening my own clinic was: How much money can I expect to make? Prior to going into solo practice, I worked at an urgent care center in Utah and made a pretty decent wage. It was comfortable to know that just by Read More...
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Internal Customer Service: The Little Things Really Count!
October 21, 2008 12:37 PM by Gretchen Moen
Internal customer service is often overlooked when you are planning and developing a business. Architects and planners consider the physical aspects of the work place: counter heights, work stations, break rooms, lavatories. Developing a work environment Read More...
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Administration vs. Practice
October 9, 2008 7:39 AM by Joseph Marra
Owning your own business comes with many challenges. Including, managing the practice as well as seeing patients. Although I love seeing patients, I also enjoy spending time managing my own practice. This includes hiring, advertising, determining hours Read More...
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Your Picture Here
September 29, 2008 2:24 PM by Jill Rollet
Over the years, ADVANCE has published dozens of profiles of NP-owned practices. These "practice snapshots" provide answers to aspiring practices owners' basic questions: How much did it cost? Where did the money come from? What do you wish you'd known Read More...
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Patience and Persistence
September 22, 2008 8:56 AM by Aaron Hartle
Owning an independent practice as a nurse practitioner can be very fulfilling. It can also be very stressful. Some NPs may be fortunate enough to open an independent clinic staffed with medical assistants, secretaries, billing personnel, a coding company, Read More...
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Customer Service, Even When You Don't Feel Like It
September 16, 2008 8:30 AM by Gretchen Moen
This past month has been a very busy month for us: school exams, shots, immigration physicals and paperwork, paperwork, paperwork. The old term "fix-me Friday" could be changed to "all-at-once August." In pediatrics this generally means get all the well Read More...
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Lessons From Exceptional NP Practices
September 8, 2008 11:20 AM by Jill Rollet
I spent a lot time last week going over submissions to the ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners Entrepreneur of the Year contest. All the judges' scores are in, and the editorial staff is meeting this afternoon to determine a winner. I'm afraid that meeting Read More...
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Expanding Your Practice and Your Net Worth
September 3, 2008 7:46 AM by Joseph Marra
I have been conducting business as usual for the past 2 years and have found that through expansion an NP may increase the value of week-to-week profit, but not necessarily increase net worth. In fact, I personally have found that owning my own practice Read More...
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Time Management and Sacrifices
August 14, 2008 8:05 AM by Joseph Marra
Owning your own practice does come with some major responsibilities. Once you have taken that leap into having employees, you are not only responsible for your own personal income, but your employee's as well! This was a big debate that I had with myself. Read More...
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Naming Your Practice
August 5, 2008 12:32 PM by Jill Rollet
A couple of weeks ago, I was looking for a new women's health provider and found an NP near my home. Her facility's name, Penn Medicine at Radnor, sounds competent, efficient and appropriate, doesn't it? My former provider's office was called Women's Read More...
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Consulting Physicians: To Have or Not to Have
July 29, 2008 8:50 AM by Aaron Hartle
In Utah, I can open my own clinic without the oversight of an MD. It is kind of a cool feeling to hang my name on the wall and say, "Hey, this is mine!!" I like not being under the control of a boss or another person. [Well, except my wife, but nothing Read More...
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DNP?
July 14, 2008 7:51 PM by Joseph Marra
There have been numerous accounts of NP opinions on thecontinuing education and creation of standardized DNP programs. We have allheard of the pros and cons of each camp and must make a decision on whether ornot this is beneficial to our profession. I Read More...
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Getting the Word Out
July 1, 2008 10:53 AM by Aaron Hartle
I started my career at an urgent care center in Lehi, Utah. After a few years I opened Pace Clinic in Springville, Utah – 40 miles away (due to a noncompete agreement). So when I opened my doors I was new to the city. I have found it tough to start from Read More...
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Many Roads to Practice Ownership
June 27, 2008 6:21 PM by Jill Rollet
National Harbor, Md. -- Associate editor Jen Ford and I are at the annual conference of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. I just had an interesting afternoon of NP employment topics. I was struck that the audiences for "Marketing Yourself to Read More...
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