Twenty or so years ago, I began a midwifery practice. Working first slowly with only a few clients. I did prenatal care out of the home where the midwife who trained me lived. She too had an office there. It was an ideal situation. If I had questions, she could help me. We had a …
When you hear the term vision board, what is the first thing that comes to mind? No matter how you feel about vision boards, I bet you never imagined creating one to help grow your business. Until this year, I hadn’t either. A few months ago I was sitting with a fellow blogger congratulating her …
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Running your own business is very rewarding plus sky is the limit on how much money you can make. When working for a company, you are paid an hourly rate or flat salary for your regular time. With self employment, time is not what is determining your pay, it is the “value” being created. Value can …
So many women see a You Tube Video for water births and WANT IT. The peace, the calmness are mythical birth experiences with water. Anything that makes birth more blissful is in demand! Women start to call their local hospitals and doctors to ask about having a water birth and most in the United States …
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Most women choose to be a midwife to help women during birth. I chose this profession after watching a birth channel on TV and learning about midwifery. It was only after years of practice that I REALLY understood all the midwife services to offer. I can choose to care for a woman in her entirety …
Each state has different rules for midwifery practice (particularly CNMs). Even though Certified Nurse Midwife have a national certification, each state determines specific scope and independence that a CNM can have. Around 2017, ACNM put together a guideline of the state laws and regulations. Some states like Alaska, Washington, and Oregon have the most independence …
Relationships are very powerful in your personal and professional life. It isn’t how much you know, but who you know. Henry Ford created an empire from his pool of resources versus his personal knowledge. Connections get you the best deals, first awareness before mass public of a sale, and first referral to your practice if …
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Insurance billing can be daunting with running your own midwifery practice. It is easy to bill for services with cash, but many families are very dependent on getting their insurance to pay for care. Especially maternity and newborn care since the Affordable Care Act legally requires insurance companies to cover preventative care. Midwives that deliver …
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For home birth midwives, all the resources you pack in your bags and car are what you get. Can’t go down a hallway to supply pixis and get something you are “out of in the labor room.” Your supplies are purchase, organize, and bring to a birth are it. Deciding what to bring can be …
Global maternity care includes prenatal care, birth, and postpartum care for a women if you assist her entire pregnancy. If she transfers out due to risk or moving, billing codes are broken up based on services rendered. There are codes for individual prenatal visits, multiple prenatal visits, birth directly, and postpartum care only. The codes …
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