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New Podcast Feature: Therapy Credentialing and Billing 101
We're excited to share that our very own Kara Welke was recently featured on the OT Potential Podcast, where she joined Sarah Lyon for a conversation about therapy credentialing and billing. Credentialing and billing are topics many therapists encounter when starting...
Outpatient Therapy in the Home: Understanding Coverage and Current Trends
Outpatient therapy provided in the home has long been an established and reimbursable service, as outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). According to CMS (2025, Chapter 15, Sec. 220.1.4, pg. 156), therapy services are payable under the...
How Can I Scale My Therapy Private Practice and Increase Profitability?
Running a physical therapy, speech therapy, or occupational therapy private practice can be incredibly fulfilling, but it’s not without its challenges. Whether you’ve been in practice for a few months, a few years, or even longer, you may find yourself feeling burned...
What is more important to you – Time or Money?
Time is clearly more valuable than money! In fact .. you only get on average 4000 weeks! However, not everyone values time more than money! Let me tell you a story about a therapist... This amazing therapist joined our Therapy Business Builder Program in January 2024....
Starting a Private Practice: How Can PT, OT, and SLP Professionals Achieve Success?
Many therapists come across courses, books, and social media posts claiming you can start your practice in just 30-90 days, and think, “If they can do it, so can I.” Heck, we even have a Private Practice Checklist you can download and follow! But having a checklist...
What are the Essential Systems for Private Practice?
Let’s face it—most therapists are unsure about what’s needed to run a successful private practice, especially when it comes to systems for private practice. I know that because I’ve been there. When I first launched my practice, I didn’t have a clear plan. For the...
Can Physical and Occupational Therapy Professionals See Clients in their Home?
YES! Occupational and Physical Therapy Professionals in Private Practice (TPPs) can provide therapy services to clients in their homes. We have been providing these services since 2018 at Home Therapy Solutions in Grand Forks, ND. We have been helping...
Why I Went From a Cash-Based Practice to Taking Insurance
Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/LNext Level Mentor and Co-Creator of the Cash-Based Therapy Business BuilderAlicia.kollmar@gmail.com When it comes to social pressures I’m not big on following the crowd. I like to make decisions guided by what I want and what feels right, not...
Be Authentic When Marketing Your Business
By, Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/LNext Level Mentoralicia.kollmar@gmail.com In the process of starting and building your business it can be easy to get wrapped up in the advice from professional marketers or other therapists. While there are people who share valuable...
5 Things To Keep In Mind When Making Your Website
By Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/LNext Level Mentoralicia.kollmar@gmail.com Creating a website can often be an overwhelming process, especially if you are new or inexperienced. Typically we have content and design at the forefront of our minds, but there are some other...
Entrepreneur Pitfall Part 3 of 3: Decision Impairment
Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/LNext Level Mentoralicia.kollmar@gmail.com The first two blogs in this series focused on signing up for things we may not need, but sometimes we have the opposite problem: we can’t decide what we want. “Decision Impairment” keeps us from taking...
Entrepreneur Pitfall Part 2 of 3: “Shiny Object Syndrome”
Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/LNext Level Mentoralicia.kollmar@gmail.com The first article in this series focused on the common pitfall of signing up for too many courses, regardless of whether we have the time to actually watch them. This article focuses on a similar...
Entrepreneur Pitfall Part 1 of 3: Being a “Course Collector”
Alicia Kollmar MS, OTR/LNext Level Mentoralicia.kollmar@gmail.com Those of us who start our own business are usually visionaries who love to learn new things. We love signing up for webinars, continuing education classes, and seminars. Many of these are free, or...