Hosted by Nathan Shields who sold his PT clinics for 3x the national average! Do you own a physical therapy practice? If so, you know that running a successful business is no easy feat. There are so many challenges to overcome, from marketing and billing to recruiting, hiring and managing staff. Sometimes it feels like you're a one-man (or woman) army. That's where the Physical Therapy Owners Club podcast with host, Nathan Shields, comes in. We're here to help you know you're not alone. This…
Most private practice owners know they need a good billing department but very few know how to actually manage one. In this episode of the Private Practice Owners Club, Nathan Shields and Adam Robin break down one of the biggest hidden profit leaks in private practice: poor billing oversight. Whether your billing is handled in-house or outsourced, simply trusting your biller isn't enough. As an…
Do bonus programs actually improve performance, or do they simply reward behaviors your team should already be doing? In this episode of the Private Practice Owners Club, Nathan Shields and Adam Robin explore how private practice owners can design bonus and incentive programs that drive productivity without hurting profitability. They discuss why culture must come before compensation, how to…
Hiring isn't the real problem, cash flow is. In this episode of the Private Practice Owners Club, Nathan Shields and Adam Robin explain why many practice owners chase the wrong solution when facing recruiting challenges. Instead of focusing on benefits packages or hiring tactics, they reveal how stronger financial systems and smarter payer strategies create the flexibility to attract and retain…
Private practice owners don't lose profitability overnight they lose it through inefficient systems, weak billing processes, and missed revenue opportunities. In this episode of the Private Practice Owners Club, Nathan Shields and Adam Robin break down the operational and financial systems every clinic owner should master to maximize revenue without increasing patient volume. From front desk…
Is your private practice making more money, but your household still feels financially stuck? In this episode of the Private Practice Owners Club, Nathan Shields sits down with financial advisor Eric Miller to discuss one of the biggest mistakes practice owners make: focusing on growing the business without creating a personal financial strategy. They explain why many owners spend too much time…
Most private practice owners think improving profitability means seeing more patients. The truth? Many clinics already have enough capacity; they just aren't maximizing it. In Episode 2 of the High-Performance Practice Series, Nathan Shields and Adam Robin break down one of the most overlooked drivers of clinic profitability: schedule efficiency and utilization. They explain why knowing your…
What does true freedom actually look like for a private practice owner? In this kickoff episode of the High-Performance Practice Series, Nathan Shields and Adam Robin explore one of the biggest challenges facing clinic owners today: feeling trapped by the very business they worked so hard to build. After speaking with hundreds of private practice owners, Adam shares the common patterns he sees,…
Many physical therapy clinic owners start with a passion for helping patients but end up trapped under a massive clinical caseload. Host Nathan Shields and guest Adam Robin break down the critical path of Private Practice Growth to help you escape the treating therapist trap. If you're working sixty hours a week and missing family milestones, you're likely stuck in the messy middle of operational…
Most private practice owners think recruiting is about posting a job ad and hoping the right clinician applies. That strategy isn't working anymore. In this live discussion, Adam Robin and Nathan Shields pull back the curtain on what actually drives successful recruiting in today's market—and why the clinics that consistently attract great clinicians are operating from an entirely different…
Most private practice owners know they should track their numbers. The problem is they either don't know which numbers matter, don't know what good performance looks like, or don't know what to do when the numbers are off. In this solo episode, Nathan Shields shares a concern he's seeing across the physical therapy industry: declining reimbursements, rising expenses, shrinking profit margins, and…
If your new patient flow feels inconsistent, unpredictable, or completely random, this episode is going to change the way you think about marketing forever. In Episode 2 of the Private Practice Scorecard series, Adam Robin breaks down the exact lead generation framework private practice owners can use to create more predictable patient growth — without spending thousands on complicated marketing…