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How The Independent Clinician Will Teach You Exactly How to Start Treating Private Patients

You’re a speech, occupational or physical therapist who wants to help more people.

You also want to be paid a fair rate for your expertise.

Here’s the deal:

You can be a “helping person” and still learn the business skills you need to know in order to run your own private patient business.

You already have the clinical skills –> Now you need to learn more about liability insurance, documentation, paying taxes, setting your rate, etc.

You also need a confidence boost that you can do this.

You’ve Always Wanted to Have a Private Practice

Almost every SLP, OT and PT I’ve ever know has dreamed of having the flexibility, prestige and income that go along with having your own private practice.

But no one wants the headaches of paying for office space, dealing with employees or hours of bookkeeping.

What if I told you that you could treat a few patients each week “on the side” and double your salary?

Sound interesting?

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My Story

While I had been waiting for months for someone to ask me that very question, now that they had, I was terrified.

“Yes, I do,” I said, relieved and scared at the same time. While I knew I had quite a bit to learn, I was lucky to have two great role models who had taught me how to start treating privately. Now that someone had finally asked, it was time to take the plunge and start.

Why “The Independent Clinician”?

I knew that I had the clinical skills to treat private patients, what I would need to focus on were my business skills.

With the help of Rick and Kathryn, I started to treat this patient and went on to several more. Although I certainly trusted my colleagues, I wanted to see what books I could find to teach me additional approaches, cover ethics, etc. To my shock, no such book existed!

Over the next several years, I learned quite a bit about treating privately and decided to turn what I had learned into a book. The Independent Clinician Guide to Private Patients is the only website and book that takes physical, occupational and speech therapists step-by-step through the process of beginning to treat private patients. I hope that you find the information helpful!

Almost every SLP/OT/PT I know dreams of one day having their own private practice. Starting off by treating private patients is a great way to start small, build up your:

• confidence
• reputation
• expertise
• income
• experience

If you’ve been thinking about starting to treat private patients OR you’re looking to expand your private patient business, you’ve come to the right place.

I look forward to being part of your private patient success!

Jena

Jena H. Casbon, MS CCC-SLP is a Speech-Language Pathologist in the New Orleans area (formally of Boston!). In her regular job, she helps adult survivors of stroke and traumatic brain injury work towards gaining communication and cognitive skills that will help increase their functional independence.

After several years of learning the in’s and out’s of treating private patients, she decided to found The Independent Clinician, to teach fellow physical, occupational and speech therapists how to take their existing clinical skills and:

* provide a blue print of how to start a private patient business from scratch
* teach everything you need to learn about professional liability insurance, documentation, marketing, business skills, setting their rate, etc.

* build confidence in your ability to own and operate your own business!

I hope that if you’re ready to start your own private patient business that you’ll check out the Independent Clinician Guide to Private Patients we have to offer. If you’re not ready yet, please sign up for our mailing list. This will keep you posted on tips, educational materials, special offers and discounts, etc.

Jena H. Casbon, MS CCC-SLP
Founder, The Independent Clinician

“Why do so few Physical, Occupational and Speech

Therapists see private patients?”

Getting started is easier than you think.
By Jena H. Casbon, M.S. CCC-SLP

Are you a physical, occupational or speech therapist who has been interested in seeing private patients for years but you’re not sure how get going? Have you been asked by a current patient to see them privately but weren’t sure what to do? What if you had step-by-step instructions to teach you exactly what you need to know about liability, documentation, ethics, referrals, taxes and more…
Imagine what would happen if you had total control over your caseload: you saw only the patients you wanted to, treated your recommended frequency and earned the hourly rate that your services are worth. What if you were able to treat patients in their natural environment and help them make progress where it counts?
Starting to see private patients is much easier than you may think – if you know how. As you know, there are many PT/OT/SLP’s out there who are already seeing private patients. They have had to work hard to gather scarce information about how to start seeing patients privately.  With your professional license at stake, you may be scared to step out from your employer and start seeing private patients.

Why Haven’t You Already Started?

You probably have not started to see private patients because you’re not sure how to start; unsure about issues of documentation, liability, ethics, taxes and referrals. Without that knowledge, you’re bound to have less “self-confidence” about how to start.
Your problem has not been solved because of a scarcity of info, not many clinicians to learn from, some degree of competition or taboo but mostly, rehabilitation professionals tend to be very rule-based and unsure of what to do if there are no explicitly written rules.

EMPOWER YOURSELF!

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