The Business Side of Occupational Therapy with Brandon Seigel

Understanding the business side of occupational therapy is pivotal for any therapist and practice owner to know. In order to be successful within our profession, we must be aware of the state of healthcare and be solid within our purpose as a clinician. Our guest today, Brandon Seigel, is a private practice business consultant and executive director of Wellness Works Management Partners with years of experience helping practitioners start, run, and advance their practices to the next level.Brandon recently published a book called The Private Practice Survival Guide, outlining highly useful information for therapists and practice owners alike. He presents all over the country at local and state conferences and has an online course and private practice podcast launching soon. His goal is to help therapists in creating a business model that ultimately helps them excel both on a business side and on a clinical side.Brandon and Sarah discuss:Brandon’s current professional lifeWellness Work Management Partners- Consulting FirmWorks with private practices all over the country and internationally (OT, PT, SLP & physician)Consultation services and management servicesExecutive Director at Every Child Achieves in Southern CaliforniaSpeaking all over the country, including 3 courses at American Occupational Therapy AssociationNew book just released called The Private Practice Survival GuideCreating a new private practice podcastImportance of prioritizationWhy he does what he doesHis start business and then how occupational therapy came into playStruggles in school as a child and how that played a role in his desire to help othersGoing to community college, then the University of Southern California, and graduating from California State University NorthridgeStarting the workforce after college with entrepreneurs and managing other companies and multimillion dollar projectsHis company was moving to a different state as he was marrying an occupational therapist whose mother had a successful therapy practice which needed some business supportRevolutionized that company and then branched out to start his own consulting companyAlways felt a calling to purposeHis willingness to help his clients at any time and any dayHow Brandon and Sarah metPower of clinical integrityOur current state of healthcareThe most asked question that he gets from private practice ownersRecognizing a therapist’s cost to a companyShifting the employee mindsetKnowing the responsibilities of the employer and of the employeesTips for therapists to stand out when being considered for a jobResume building strategiesImportance of writing a cover letter and quickly responding to any correspondence for a job that you apply forSelf-awareness and his biggest perceived weakness is something that is not self-awareBe specific in your skills and attributesDiscussing financials upfrontHow to cut ties with an employee?Upcoming online course coming in 2019Find his book here: The Private Practice Survival GuideContact Him:Email: [email protected]: http://www.wellnessworksmp.comTwitter: @wellnessworksmpFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellnessworksmp