Startup Adventures of a Business Nerd

I arrive at the end of each workday confused and not knowing what to do, but each day I press on with the hope that I will figure things out. I am starting a mental health private practice. I am trying to figure out insurance. there are more than a few options for taking insurance from clients. I feel like I am suffering from information overload. The first option is that I could simply NOT take insurance. Nobody wants to deal with it, but it seems like it is a necessary evil. The process is called "getting credentialled" and it is lengthy and complex. The second option is that I could take insurance, and do the credentialling myself, but I have heard nightmare stories about people getting tied up in the paperwork for months. The third option seems like the best one. There are third party billing companies that I could contract with online. These companies would credential me under their company’s provider number. I would then bill clients through them, allowing them to h...

Starting a business is so puzzling!!! Hello everyone! Happy Monday! I began this blog to share my journey of starting my own business as a mental health counselor. It's not easy; it's like trying to solve a really tough puzzle. I just got my website up and running, and my goal is to share at least four blog posts every week. To do this, I'm using two tools: one's called ChatGPT, and another one is a thing called a plugin, named AIPRM . These tools help me work smarter, not harder. I'm also trying to figure out how to work with insurance companies. I don't really want to work with Medicaid, but I might have to at the beginning. Medicaid likes to control things too much, like telling me how to do my job, and it can get in the way of helping my clients. Working with private insurance is almost the same. Last Friday, I hit a roadblock: I found out that I need something called liability insurance to start. I know it's important, but it's also expensive, and ...

Starting a new business is a challenge. I am frustrated, and my head is spinning. There is so much to do. I decided to create an LLC in my home state. It turned out to be something I was able to do on my own. Now I am just waiting for the state to approve me, so I can move forward with the next steps I have been told to do. I hate waiting. In the meanwhile, I am working on social media designs, planning my first month worth of posts. I had Chat GPS list the optimal media sizes for various social media, and this is what it spat out. I am posting it here, more for my use, but for everyone else as well. I have had problems in the past cross posting the same image to multiple sites, and need to avoid the extra work. I need to find an image that is suitable for all social media sites. Oh, don't buy a domain through Google to use with Google Workspace and email... Everything is screwed up. I was wanting to use Workspaces for email, since it comes with tons of extra google services. I opt...