Private Practice Survival Guide
This podcast is all about empowering you to create the change you want to see in your practice. As a private practice strategist, I have dedicated my career to transforming the way that healthcare functions.
Brandon Seigel, President of Wellness Works Management Partners, is an internationally known private practice consultant with over fifteen years of executive leadership experience. Seigel's book "The Private Practice Survival Guide" takes private practice entrepreneurs on a journey to unlocking key strategies for surviving―and thriving―in today’s business environment. Now Brandon Seigel goes beyond the book and brings the same great tips, tricks, and anecdotes to improve your private practice in this companion podcast.
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Episodes
160 episodes
Cybersecurity Wake-Up Call: Why Your Practice Is One Click Away from Disaster with Yves Martin
Join Brandon Seigel on the Private Practice Survival Guide Podcast as he speaks with cybersecurity expert Yves Martin about the critical importance of cybersecurity for private practices. Discover how a single click can lead to devastating data...
Building Your Team's Career Development Pathways
In this episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel explores how career development pathways in private practices can improve employee retention, strengthen workplace culture, and create long-term organizational...
The People First Revolution: Why Patient-Centered Care Is Killing Your Team with Amy Lafko
In this compelling episode, we dissect the revolutionary 'People First' approach with the incredible Amy Lafko. Often, the traditional 'patient-centered care' model, while well-intentioned, can inadvertently lead to team burnout and a strugglin...
The Weekly Cash Flow Dashboard You Should Build Today
In this episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel breaks down why cash flow management for private practices is one of the most important financial disciplines healthcare business owners can master. He explain...
Cash Flow vs. Profit: Why Your P&L Is Lying To You with Sean Healy
In this episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide Podcast, host Brandon Seigel, joined by Sean Healy of Accounted4, unravels the complex relationship between cash flow and profit in private practice. They dive deep into why a profitable P&...
Defining Your Unique Clinical Positioning Statement
In this episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Siegel breaks down how private practice owners can create a unique clinical positioning statement that helps them stand out in a crowded healthcare market. Instead of...
Escaping the Insurance Trap: Building Your Authority Brand with Greg Todd
In this critical episode, Brandon Seigel sits down with healthcare entrepreneur Greg Todd to dissect the "insurance trap" and reveal how healthcare providers can build a powerful authority brand. Discover why relying solely on insurance is a da...
The Ultimate Guide to Employee Operations Manuals
Unlock the secrets to a well-oiled private practice with Brandon Seigel in this insightful episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide. Discover why an employee operations manual is indispensable, not just for you, but for your entire team. ...
Building an HR Foundation: Must-Have Policies for Private Practice with Scott Booher
Building a strong HR foundation is crucial for the success and compliance of any private practice. In this insightful episode, Brandon Seigel welcomes Scott Booher, Chief HR Officer at Wellness Works Management Partners, to discuss the must-hav...
Most Common Private Practice Compliance Blunders
In this quick tip episode of The Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel lays out the five most common compliance blunders that put private practices at risk—often not from sophisticated hackers, but from everyday emplo...
Strategies For Conducting Internal Private Practice Compliance Audits
In this episode of The Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel explains how to run internal compliance audits as a proactive defense strategy—before HR errors, documentation gaps, or billing issues turn into denials, payba...
Identifying Your Ideal Team Player
In this quick tip episode of The Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel breaks down how to identify (and actually hire) your ideal team player—before turnover, training costs, and culture damage pile up. He explains why most pra...
Defining Your Team Approach
In this episode of Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel breaks down why a clearly defined, intentionally built team is one of the most powerful growth levers in private practice. Backed by real-world data and leadership psycho...
How To Find Your Ideal Private Practice Buyer
In this Private Practice Survival Guide quick tip, Brandon Seigel breaks down how to find the ideal buyer for a private practice using a strategy-first lens—grounded in market realities, buyer behavior, and value drivers that impa...
Identifying Your End Game: Forecasting Your Final Play
In this episode of The Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel breaks down one of the most overlooked—but most critical—elements of private practice ownership: defining your endgame and building a deliberate exit strategy. Rath...
Defining Your Private Practice Sales Valuation
In this quick tip episode of Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel breaks down how to accurately define the sales valuation of a private practice—and why misunderstanding valuation mechanics can cost owners hundreds of thousand...
Succession Planning: The Art Of Planning For The Future
In this episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel delivers a comprehensive, real-world breakdown of succession planning for private practices—and why it’s far more than just an exit strategy. He explains how s...
The Benefits For Private Practices To Operate As An MSO
In this Quick Tip episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Seigel breaks down what it really means for a private practice to operate as a Management Services Organization (MSO)—and why owning your MSO can be a power...
Understanding A Multiple Tax ID Private Practice Approach
In this episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide Podcast, Brandon Seigel breaks down the multi–tax ID private practice model and why relying on a single tax ID can limit growth, care delivery, and operational freedom. Drawin...
Brandon's Favorite Leadership Books
In this Quick Tip episode of the Private Practice Survival Guide Podcast, Brandon Siegel shares the leadership books that shaped how he builds culture, earns trust, and leads teams in healthcare. He breaks down key lessons from Leaders Eat ...
DNA Of A Private Practice Leader
This episode breaks down why leadership fails in practice operations—and what high-performing leaders do differently. Starting with the real barriers to leadership, Brandon uses a Tom Brady example to explain the drive, standards, and internal ...
3 Tips To Optimizing your Call-To-Action Approach Via Direct Mail
In this quick-tip episode of The Private Practice Survival Guide, Brandon Siegel breaks down three practical ways to improve your direct mail results by sharpening one thing most campaigns get wrong: the call to action (CTA). He explai...
How Direct Mail Marketing Is Transforming Private Practice Growth
We tackle a reality most practice owners are feeling: digital marketing is getting more expensive, more crowded, and less predictable. As search and social costs rise, “disruptive” marketing is shifting from being optional to being a competitiv...
3 Ways HR Can Transform The Private Practice Owner's Role
In this Private Practice Survival Guide quick tip, Brandon reframes HR as the single biggest catalyst for owner freedom—because the path from burned-out operator to strategic CEO is built on people systems, not more hustle. He explains...
The HR Effect: Building A Workforce That Moves The Needle
Most leaders think payroll is a simple math problem. This conversation breaks down why it is more complex—and why the way you classify, pay, and structure your team directly impacts profitability, valuation, retention, and culture. From the rea...