Re: Private Practice -Home office

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Hi ,

Some random, unedited, thoughts.

For security/safety sake, whenever somebody sets an appointment, maybe run

a credit card for a nominal fee to hold the appt - and/or or get an email

address, contact info to confirm an appt along with their other info. Make

sure the email " goes thru " and ask for them to reply to confirm. This just

allows you to track somebody and will make anybody considering harm/theft

think otherwise. (That said, I used to have a home office and did home care

and never felt unsafe)

Re: City Licensure. If you just plan a part time practice, it may be better

to not mention anything - cities worry about major traffic coming and

going and are concerned with turning residential areas too " commercial. " Your

practice won't have more than one car/visitor at a time - not more than

some people have visitors or family coming and going. Anyway, just a

thought, if you're comfortable with that. By contacting the city, you risk

also

them telling you " no " and raising flags.

Most PP RDs I know charge a minimum of $80/hour up to $200/hour. You've got

all your overhead and expenses to cover, besides your time.

Do check out Kathy King Helm's and ADA's " Starting a private Practice "

typebooks. they will help a lot.

Finally, if interested, LEAP-MRT is a great niche for PP RDs. Plus, we

help you with forms, working with docs, marketing, etc. And, people that are

in pain and hurting and tired of not finding " answers " don't have much

problem paying you $800 or more to get well. (Average LEAP RD charges about

$795 for counseling and MRT testing, but some charge up to $1500 and I know

one " non-RD nutritionist that used MRT testing that charged clients $3500 -

she had professional athletes and wealthy clients!) And, a " work-up " with

some well known integrative practices, with lots of testing, may cost $6000

to $10,000. So, don't underestimate your worth! (And, with LEAP study,

you can earn up to 50 CPE as well.)

Oh, LEAP works great to do follow-up appoints by telephone as well! Clients

love that they can get interim consults via phone, from home, during their

lunch hour, after work, etc. Some LEAP RDs just hold 9-5 type hours, even

by phone. Personally, I liked that I could take a few hours off during the

day to garden or hike, but then work after dark doing phone consults.

Jan Patenaude, RD, CLT

Director of Medical Nutrition

Signet Diagnostic Corp.

Telecommuting Nationwide

(Mountain Time)

Fax:

DineRight4@...

Certified LEAP Therapist (CLT) and specialist in inflammation caused by

non-IgE food sensitivity - which causes IBS, migraine, fibromyalgia,

arthritis and more. Co-author of the Certified LEAP Therapist Training Course.

Your email is important to me. If you send me an important email, and I

don't respond in 2 business days, PLEASE give me a call. Some weeks, I get

buried in email and I do not mean to ignore your email.

In a message dated 6/13/2012 10:21:44 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

rd-usa writes:

3. Please remember your personal safety if you are considering using your

home for an office. In my case I decided I didn't want to have people

coming to my own home. Also, I have a PO box which I use for all of my

business related correspondence.

4. Check with your city/town to see if they require a business license.

Also, check to see what they allow you to do from a zoning standpoint. My

city charges me $50 yearly for a license. When I checked into what I could

do I found I could use my home for an office as long as I didn't have

" customers " (their words) coming to my home (so I could not have done this

even

if I wanted to...).