Advertise on podcast: Private Practice OS with Dr. TJ Ahn

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

A doctor finally says the number out loud: $5,000 for a six-month treatment plan. She is braced for conflict, embarrassment, and a “no.” Instead, the patient looks at the price and says she expected higher. That one moment exposes what quietly holds so many clinicians back from building a profitable private practice: it is rarely the patient, and rarely the market. It is the story we tell ourselves about charging for care. We walk through three common lies that keep doctors stuck under insurance pressure and low fees. First, “my patients will never pay out of pocket.” Patients already pay cash for deductibles, coinsurance, LASIK, cosmetic services, fitness, and more. The missing piece is a clear cash pay offer with real value and a confident presentation. Second, “if I go cash, I will lose everyone.” The hybrid practice model makes this a false choice. We can keep insurance for covered services while offering cash packages for what insurance does not cover, even serving one patient on both rails in the same visit. Third, “charging cash makes me look greedy.” We reframe money as a tool, and we talk honestly about why underpricing is not humble, it can undermine the long-term health of the practice and the care patients receive. You will hear real examples, real numbers, and a practical mindset shift that improves patient acceptance and pricing confidence. If you want more freedom, stronger margins, and a smarter way to run your medical practice, press play, then subscribe, share, and leave a review so more clinicians can find this. More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

Cash pay. Self-pay. Concierge. For a lot of doctors, those words trigger the same mental image: you drop insurance on Friday and walk into an empty clinic on Monday. No patients, no income, just silence. We start by dismantling that fear and naming the real mistake behind it: trying to switch everything overnight.  We walk you through a hybrid concierge practice model that lets you keep your insurance patients while you introduce cash-based services that insurance was never going to pay for properly anyway. Think of it like a hybrid car. You do not give up gasoline in one leap and hope the battery holds. You transition slowly, one plan at a time, and you remove the third-party payer from more and more of your work without betting your entire practice on a single risky move. Along the way we talk about why reimbursements keep dropping while overhead keeps rising, and why patients often blame the doctor when the billing feels unfair.  You’ll also hear real examples of physicians building this model in the wild, from a first self-pay surgical case to a single-day “stack” of services where insurance and cash run side by side. We introduce ARPV, average revenue per visit, and why raising the value of each visit can mean fewer patients, deeper care, and far less burnout. If you want a practical, ethical path to practice profitability and better patient experience, hit play, then subscribe, share this with a colleague, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway. More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

$11,250 a month can disappear from a small practice without a single insurance cut, ad change, or “slow season.” The leak is simpler and more painful: inbound phone calls that go unanswered when the front desk is slammed, it is after hours, or the team is juggling check-ins, insurance calls, and ringing lines. We walk through the exact math behind missed calls, using a conservative baseline of 150 missed calls per month, a 25% new patient conversion, and a $300 average new patient visit value. Then we dig into the real-world behavior that makes this problem worse: most callers who hit voicemail never leave a message, and many immediately book with the next practice that picks up. That turns “we will call you back” into a quiet pipeline for your competitors. Next, we demonstrate a voice AI answering service built for medical practices that can pick up 24/7, hold a natural conversation, send a text with your online booking link, answer common questions like insurance and parking, and transfer calls to your team during business hours with context attached. We also address HIPAA concerns, why the phone layer can be a safer place to start than AI that touches patient charts, and what setup typically looks like when implemented correctly. If you want more booked appointments, less front-desk chaos, and a better first impression for patients, start by fixing the phone. Subscribe, share this with a practice owner who needs it, and leave a review so more clinicians can stop losing patients to voicemail. More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits

More resources? ----------------------- Watch Full Episodes in my YouTube channel! https://youtube.com/@drtjahn ---------------------- Get Your Free Copy of my book, "Podiatry Profits Book: Crafting A Seven-Figure Lifestyle Practice" to grow your podiatry practice.  You just cover the shipping: https://www.podiatryprofitsbook.com ---------------------- Do you want to build your dream private practice without the hassles of insurance networks?  Then schedule a FREE 45-min Strategy Session with me.  We will dive to look at your current practice and I will provide you with a crystal game plan for you: https://drtjahn.com/the-profit-accelerator-session/ ---------------------- I've created this EXCLUSIVE Private Facebook Group community of like-minded podiatrists who are coming together to build their DREAM PRIVATE PRACTICE, and FREE to join!! https://www.facebook.com/groups/podiatryprofits