We do so much planning to start our midwife business that few people think about “exit strategies” or ending your midwife business. Some midwives don’t envision retiring because they love their job too much. Some midwives don’t think that day would ever come for catching babies. Whether it is retirement, professional burnout, move, new business …
Some midwives have a challenge finding good collaborating doctors for referrals. There are many practices that go out of business purely from that relationship ending and not having another doctor be an option. Some states require a written collaboration with a doctor for a midwife to practice (please check your specific rules and scope). Building …
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Creating a midwife business schedule or routine office flow for the week is vital for successful time management and preventing burnout. I encourage making a vacation scheduled every three months to help separate personal and work schedules. For smaller midwifery practices, being able to block time versus 24/7 in a scatter function which tends to …
Once a midwife finishes school, the last thing she wants to think about is more training! She is so grateful to be done. As time goes on (I personally realized it a couple years ago), we are always learning and keeping updated with new research and standards of care. Having access to an app and …
Midwife business isn’t about creating income possibilities from your direct services. Your birth center could have a boutique gift shop present. Massage therapy, chiropractic services, spas, pedicures, dietitian, and so much more could be part of your practice model and building services. Being able to either make revenue from renting out space to other vendors or directly …
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Have you ever wondered why some businesses are successful while other run out of money, steam, and resources? As midwives, we teach women to use visualization techniques for birth to help bring their babies into the world. How many midwives have actually used the power of visualization to make your midwifery practice successful? Spend lots …
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Midwife Billing Service versus In House Billing. Biggest challenge midwives have is to pick which part of services to keep in house versus out source. Do you do breastfeeding support within practice or refer patients to Lactation Consultant down the street? Do you offer doula services or have that part of what birth assistant will …
Part of creating your midwifery business includes deciding on paper charting versus EMR (Electonic Medical Record). Each has it pros and cons. Each midwifery practice style determines which makes more sense. Maybe you are serving Amish, cashing paying population, with no electricity for home births. In this situation, you be less likely to want EMR …
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Most midwives don’t think about their outside time from work or taking a vacation when creating a midwifery business plan. It is just as important to know that your practice will run whether you are present or not. Do you have enough resources and plans in place that if you got in a car accident, the …
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When starting out your birth center, first thing people always want to do it pick out the building and colors of the birth rooms. There is so much more to running a midwife business than that. When considering to buy or rent your birth center for a while, many things needs to be considered. Long …
