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Podiatry Practice Mastery
Million-Dollar Practice Scorecard
Enter a few familiar practice numbers. See what your current pace produces and which lever deserves attention first.
Your practice snapshot
Use numbers for one doctor to assess a $1 million per doctor goal. Enter collections, not billed charges.
What if you saw 5, 10, or 15 more patients a day?
These scenarios use your current average collections per visit and estimated annual patient-care days. They show potential collections if the added appointments can be filled and served.
| Daily visits | Annual visits | Projected annual collections | Position vs. $1M |
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Activate your referral sources
Start with your strongest referring physicians and urgent care teams. Give them a simple referral route and a one-page guide to the problems you can see promptly.
Build condition-specific demand
Create useful heel pain, wart, or injury pages and short patient videos with a clear booking step. Measure booked visits, not just views.
Fill the right openings
Review unused appointments by day and doctor before adding more clinic hours. Match outreach to the capacity you actually have.
Fewer than 25 visits per day is a planning signal, not proof that demand is the only issue. Room time, staffing, case complexity, and appointment availability still matter.
What if each visit collected $25, $50, or $75 more?
These scenarios keep your current patient volume and estimated annual patient-care days fixed. The improvement is in average collections per visit through appropriate, completed care.
| Average collected / visit | Annual visits | Projected annual collections | Position vs. $1M |
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Present the full appropriate plan
Use a clear treatment sheet and explain choices consistently. When clinically indicated, discuss orthotics, shockwave, Swift, procedures, or DME without relying on the patient to ask.
Make room for comprehensive care
Batch routine visits where appropriate and keep timely openings for new problems. Review which appointment types occupy the schedule.
Improve staff handoffs
Give staff a consistent role in education, treatment setup, checkout, and follow-up so recommended care is easier to start and complete.
Check the actual bottleneck
Review room use, documentation time, patient flow, and collections by visit type. Improve the process before extending your workday.
A higher average does not mean charging every patient more. Recommend care only when appropriate; these are collection estimates, not profit projections.
Which path fits your numbers?
Enter your daily visits, annual collections, weekly clinic days, and time off above. The relevant scenario and suggestions will appear here.
What should you look at next?
Choose the situation that sounds most like your practice and read a practical example from Don.
What your results mean
Your scorecard estimates annual patient-care days from your weekly schedule and weeks away, then uses completed visits and annual collections to calculate average collections per visit and the remaining gap to $1 million.
Below 25 completed visits per day, the scenarios explore additional appropriate visits at your current average collections per visit. At 25 or more, they explore higher average collections with the same visit volume. These are planning signals—not proof of the only bottleneck—and the projections are collections, not profit.
Use the results to choose one measurable priority, while considering staffing, room capacity, patient needs, and your actual costs.
Know your numbers. Now choose what to fix first.
The scorecard shows your starting point. The Practice Audit gives you Don’s personal review of your practice and a prioritized action plan.
Share your scorecard results and practice context. Don reviews your pricing, visit mix, patient flow, treatment presentations, and systems, then provides a private video with recommendations on what to keep, change, and tackle first.
$1,000 one-time review. Review the details before purchasing.
Educational disclaimer
This calculator is for educational planning only. It is not financial, legal, tax, clinical, billing, or employment advice. Review major decisions with your accountant, attorney, billing advisor, and practice leadership team.
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