Practice Finance, by Specialty
Different healthcare specialties have genuinely different financial structures. Find guidance calibrated to your specialty's specific dynamics.
Most healthcare practice financial content is written from a dental perspective and applied generically to other specialties. The reality is that physiotherapy, mental health, optometry, audiology, and medical aesthetic practices have meaningfully different startup costs, capital structures, revenue dynamics, and operational levers than dental practice — or each other.
The specialty resources below cover the financial structure of independent practice in each specialty, what drives economics specific to that specialty, and what distinguishes strong practices from struggling ones. Each specialty page includes both foundational content and operational content where applicable.
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Dental Practice Finance
General dental, orthodontics, and dental specialty practices. Startup costs by country, acquisition vs. startup decisions, valuation, equipment financing, associate compensation.
Explore Dental ResourcesMedical Aesthetic Practice
Medical spas, injectable practices, and aesthetic clinics. Consumer marketing economics, patient acquisition cost, lifetime value, and what makes med spa financially distinctive.
Explore Med Spa ResourcesAudiology Practice
Independent audiology practice. Hearing aid sales economics, conversion rate, technology mix, COGS dynamics, and how the dispensing model drives practice success.
Explore Audiology ResourcesOptometry Practice
Independent optometry practice. The hybrid clinical-and-retail model, optical capture rate, dispensary as profit center, and what distinguishes strong practices.
Explore Optometry ResourcesPhysiotherapy Practice
Independent physiotherapy practice. Lower-capital startup model, revenue ramp dynamics, patient acquisition channels, and the operational discipline that distinguishes strong practices.
Explore Physiotherapy ResourcesMental Health Practice
Independent mental health practice. The lowest-capital healthcare specialty, fastest revenue ramps, and the cash-pay vs. insurance decision that shapes the practice model.
Explore Mental Health ResourcesGeneral Medical Practice
Independent family medicine and primary care. Canadian fee-for-service vs. US multi-payer dynamics, alternative payment models, concierge and direct primary care.
Explore Medical ResourcesSpecialty resources in development
Chiropractic Practice
Specialty-specific guidance for independent chiropractic practice is being developed. In the meantime, the financial planning tools support chiropractic and the general operating content applies.
Coming SoonPodiatry Practice
Specialty-specific guidance for independent podiatry practice is being developed. In the meantime, the financial planning tools support podiatry and the general operating content applies.
Coming SoonRehabilitation Practice
Specialty-specific guidance for independent rehabilitation practice is being developed. Some physiotherapy content applies. The financial planning tools support rehabilitation.
Coming SoonIV Therapy Practice
Specialty-specific guidance for independent IV therapy and wellness practice is being developed. The financial planning tools support IV therapy and the general operating content applies.
Coming SoonThe tools cover all 13 specialties
Even where specialty-specific written content is still in development, the financial planning tools support all 13 specialties with country-specific defaults, calibrated benchmarks, and specialty-aware modeling. Operators in any specialty can use the tools to model their specific situation.