“Here’s the truth, taking insurance can work but it’s very painful. You have to run a volume based practice, see lots of people and have complicated systems set up, for it to run well.”
Private practice is dead…if you take insurance.
👉🏻 declining reimbursements
👉🏻 rising cost of business
👉🏻 more unnecessary admin work to get paid
🟰unsustainable business model.
Now unfortunately, I am unemployable, so I had to figure this out. I left a financially comfortable job because my time freedom was more valuable (I had a baby) and I believed I could make more with less stress.
Ultimately, I just wanted to be happy and fulfilled. And working on someone else’s dream wasn’t it.
So here’s the truth, taking insurance can work but it’s very painful. You have to run a volume based practice, see lots of people and have complicated systems set up, for it to run well. You also need to add cash services, but also keeping within your contract obligations and cannot charge Medicaid patients even if they are willing to pay (aka not break the law). Those are just the rules.
When you accept a legally binding contract, you accept their provisions and conditions. You also accept the lingering fears of audits and clawbacks. So you will get paid, but they can also withdraw it without consequences.
That’s just the game.
So how do private practices thrive? We opt out of restrictive contracts, and work soley for the patient. You provide the service, they pay you with cash, check, or a credit card and the transaction is done.
🚫 A/R to track
🚫 no clawbacks
🚫 no stringent regulations
🚫 no complicated billing systems
✅ less work & more job fulfilment
Isn’t that why doctors spent over a decade to study medicine, to connect with patients and help them heal?
Remove the noise and all that is left is the doctor practicing medicine the way we were taught, and getting paid for it with LESS friction.
Direct Care is as simple as that.
👋 I’m Dr. Tea and I help specialists thrive in private practice without taking insurance. Let’s connect.
