Practice Operations
W-2 vs 1099: How to Classify Therapists and RBTs (and Stay Audit-Safe)
How to classify clinicians and RBTs as W-2 or 1099 defensibly, and why misclassification is one of the costliest mistakes a growing practice can make.
Practical tax, compliance, and practice-operations playbooks for California nurse practitioners, school-contracted SLP, ABA, and Mental Health NPAs.
Practical playbooks, no fluff. Bookmark these — your generalist CPA hasn't read them.
How to classify clinicians and RBTs as W-2 or 1099 defensibly, and why misclassification is one of the costliest mistakes a growing practice can make.
An honest breakdown of when an S-corp actually saves a therapy practice money, the reasonable-compensation catch, and how to decide.
True cost comparison between hiring an in-house bookkeeper and partnering with a healthcare MSO. Salary, benefits, coverage gaps, and risk.
Comprehensive tax deduction checklist for PT, OT, and SLP practices: Section 179, sensory gym buildout, AAC devices, telehealth, CE, vehicle, home office.
How to document reasonable compensation for S-corp healthcare practice owners. BLS benchmarks, audit-defense methodology, and the exact memo template we use.
When should a PT, OT, or SLP practice elect S-corp status? Complete tax math, breakeven analysis, and CA-specific rules for therapy practice owners.
CA SB 1375 changed NP practice ownership. Complete entity structure, tax planning, scope-of-practice and reasonable comp guide for California nurse practitioners in 2026.