ACU-053 How To Buy An Acupuncture Practice, with Megan Lindsey DACM

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can a new practitioner really purchase a busy clinic and succeed? Yes! And Megan is going to tell you how.

I LOVE when people want to contribute hard earned knowledge to the AcuSprout community! My guest today contacted me because she wanted to share her experience with YOU of purchasing a practice as a BRAND NEW ACUPUNCTURIST. Yes. She. Did.

today’s guest

MEGAN LINDSEY, DACM, OWNER OF SILVER SAGE ACUPUNCTURE

Megan completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University Northridge before switching gears and coninueing her education at Yo San University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a Taoist school with a 38-generation lineage, located in Los Angeles, Ca. She is a Nationally Ceritfied Diploamate of Oriental Medicine and a California Board licensed acupuuncturist. After graduating in 2014 she struggleed with opening her own clinic and finding her way. After some stops and starts in 2017, she landed on purchasing an acupuncture clinic from a practitioner who was retiring, She has unique insight into the pros, cons and profitability of this route of practice. More recently, she graduated from Pacific College of Health and Science as a doctor of acupuncture and Chinese medicine (DACM).

Megan is a direct and open person who has a knack for creating soft nurturing, aesthetically soul comforting environments. Her space helps patients sink deeply into healing while feeling safe and supported. She advocates for her patients to empower themselves through education and lifestyle changes. Megan practices in a wholesome, raw, heart-centered way. She provides patients with the support and tools they need to gracefully pivot into and through, life’s challenges.

FIND HER HERE:

Instagram: @silversageacupuncture

Website: Silver Sage Acupuncture

you’ll learn

• Why it’s so important to have a plan as a new practitioner but to keep your options and mind open.
• Many of us are hesitant to purchase a practice because we think the patients might leave. Guess what?! They don’t!
• Megan talks about making dream money her first year. A solo practitioner making over $200k a year? Yes.
• We talk about where the transition of ownership could have been handled differently.
• Megan makes suggestions for a smooth transition into practice.
• How she went from treating 0 patients to over 50 a week.
• We talk about what changes she has made over the years.
• We talk about how she has managed to escape the constant struggle of launching a new practice and how GOOD that feels.

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