This is Dave Kats, from Therapist Consultants and I have a tip for you.

You know, one of the most frequent questions we get in our consultancy is, “I’m thinking about hiring an associate," or, "I’m thinking about becoming an associate, what kind of split, what kind of percentage split is logical for a group practice?” No matter what I say there will be people that disagree with these percentages.

But I will tell you that it is very difficult to have a group practice and to provide a receptionist and to file insurance and do the other things you need to do for the office and make a profit if you don’t get at least 40% of the money that the therapist brings in. A normal split would be 60-40, where the therapist that does the counseling gets 60% and the office gets 40%. I will tell you that a lot of places even go 50-50.

I will also tell you that if you go 25-75 that you're not going to make any money and you will probably lose money at a group practice,...

Dr. Perusich: Hi everybody. Dr. Michael Perusich and Dr. David Kats here. We've got a video tip for you this week. This week we want to talk about head space. Stephen Covey talks about, in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, sharpening the saw. In fact, that's the final habit that makes the habits all work together. Sharpening the saw is about making sure that you take time to renew yourself. As healthcare providers, we give off so much energy to our patients and our clients on a daily basis that we have to, every once in a while, take a little bit of a step back and just sharpen our saw again, renew ourselves and we need to be doing this on a daily basis.

Dr. Kats: Dr. Perusich, I don't want to turn it into an advertisement for the companies but I have to tell you that the best way to get your head on right and get your head space right is to just tune in to the the webinars that we do and make sure that you listen to them on a regular basis. I can't imagine how much smaller...