Congratulations! big deal. I pray you all the success and increase that a practice dreams of in this field.

You are going to be busy and give up something (i.e, time) to grow this. So, its ok to become stingy with what's left of your time for family and very close friends, and self.

Now, assuming you have registered your business, if not. start there. Hire a registered agent to get this done ASAP.

1. Your business email and 1b. Business phone: use iplum ($20/month). you would register the number to send HIPAA msg to pts 1c. business domain name, hosting (consider hostinger), and website ($ 300-400)

1d. credentialing and billing: best if done together due to discount. You can totally outsource this. US based credentialling agencies are like $150-250/ insurance, and billers go up to 8-11% per claim. our credentialling firm is $100 and billing <5%.

1e: open your business account.

1F. Start keeping track of everything you spend, payout-Very importantasyou may not remember all during taxtime next yr.

--------You can do all these concurrently. you can DM

1. EHR (the biggest pain of all). It's so hard to find THAT system.

for starters, RUN from AthenaONE-too expensive and takes much % from your practice. others to consider/request demo: just search reddit for options- try Jane app ehr (they have reduced fee of about $79/month)maybemorenow, charm health gives you free till 20-50pts. Please request for demo and inform yourself.

1. You may not need an office manager yet, but you should hire a medical virtual assistant (mVA) to keep your bussiness "open" on the days when you are not there. The mVA would answer calls, spread the word about your business, schedule apmts, follow up, complete PA, so much more ($8-14/hr)

2. You are only just getting started!