Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Eugene Shatsman, Managing Partner of National Strategic Group and new host of The Power Hour Podcast. In this wide-reaching marketing conversation, Eugene shares a variety of “low hanging marketing fruit” mistakes and misconceptions that practice owners nationwide have about how ma…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Amber Morgan, CPA with Mohr CPAs. In the wake of tax season, Amber and I run through some of the easy and conspicuous action items that you can take proactively over the year that not only will have a positive impact on your overall tax planning, but also make for a happy and produ…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Amanda Bennett. Amanda joins me on the show to talk about a topic that we’ve discussed directly and indirectly on this show—human capital. Specifically, Amanda talks about a gap that she saw in the hiring process over the years and how she developed a platform to help automate part…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Ryan Gustus, OD. Ryan joins me on the show live from Vision Expo East to discuss something that is very timely given the recording location: how practice owners can think about the implementation of various pieces of equipment in your practice to ensure that it's done with inte…

As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, be sure to subscribe to our monthly “planning life on purpose” newsletter that’s filled with tips and ideas to help you plan life on purpose. You can also set up a Triage con…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Adam Ramsey, OD. Adam joins me back on the show to continue the conversation that we teased at the end of our first conversation which was how Adam evaluated the decision to go out of network with a variety of VCPs that he was taking in his practice. He shares how he came to th…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Nathan Hayes with IDOC. Nathan joins me back on the show and we put a quantitative spin on our conversation today. We talk all things benchmarks and margins in an optometry practice. We discuss how to use benchmarks to make smart practice decisions and ways in which benchmarks can …

In the spirit of managing information overload, I wanted to take a week to pause on new information and rather share a process or organizing and prioritizing your thoughts, goals, and actions that can often stem from listening to shows like 20/20 Money and the consumption of other content. Resources: 20/20 Money Community Information reMarkable 2 T…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are Dr. Todd Cohan and Sadie Blair. Todd & Sadie join me on the show today to talk about the successful dynamic that exists between both of them as owner and practice operations manager. Todd shares how impactful it’s been to have a great team member and integrator like Sadie in the …

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Bethany Fishbein, OD. Bethany joins me on the show live from Vision Expo East to talk about one of the most important relationships in an optometric practice: the relationship between the practice manager and the owner/OD. In this conversation, she talks about the evolution of the …

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Jennifer Stewart, OD. Jen joins me on the show today to talk through her journey launching her tepid start practice, Look New Canaan. I’ve had Jen on the show multiple times in the past, and this was admittedly one of my more enjoyable conversations with a podcast guest. Maybe …

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Kayla Ashlee from Spexy. Kayla joins me live on location at IDOC Connection 2024 to talk all things optical. Optical is admittedly an area of practice management that has always been intriguing because of the retail component—I feel like there are a lot of “retail 101” lessons that…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Adam Ramsey, OD, representing VA Healthcare. In this episode, we talk about the role that a virtual medical assistant can play in your practice’s patient flow and how to think about the changes that you’d have to make in your practice for this to be a viable option. Adam provid…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Nathan Hayes from IDOC. Nathan joins me back on the show to discuss and dialogue about the two basic ways practice owners can think about the way in which they hire associates for their practice: easing into it by bringing them into the practice gradually or proactively planning ah…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Kurt Steele, OD. Kurt joins me back on the show to talk in further detail how he and his partners have structured their compensation structure in a way that works for everyone in the practice while also ensuring that there is parity in comp based on the amount of revenue that e…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Mike Neal, OD. Mike is the founder of a number of different businesses, include a primary care practice in PA called Lakeside Vision and Build My Team, an effective outsourced hiring system for eyecare that does not use resumes. Mike joins me back on the show to provide additio…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Kurt Steele, OD. Kurt is one of the owners of Precision Eyecare, a member of the Vision Source Network, in Newport, TN and also the founder of Legit Vision, a consulting firm to help ODs unlock the potential in their practice. Kurt joins me on the show today to talk through the…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Charlie Steingas, founder and chief actuary at Cash Balance Actuaries, a firm that specializes in the design, implementation, and ongoing monitoring of cash balance plans. In this episode, we define what a cash balance plan is and how it’s different from a defined benefit plan (hin…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Michael Neal, OD and this is another episode in which I experimented a bit with the format of 20/20 Money: we recorded this episode at 8,000 feet, flying from Indianapolis to Chicago! As you’ll hear in the beginning of the episode, Mike was in town meeting up with other success…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are Drs. Eric Baas and Bob Steinmetz, co-founders of iCare advisors, a consulting firm dedicated to the success of cold start practices nationwide. With close to 350 successful cold starts nationwide and 11 practice starts between them, I was really excited to have them back on the s…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Kevin Wills. Kevin is Sr. Vice President, Healthcare Business Banking with PNC Bank and I wanted to have Kevin on the show to discuss the state of lending, specifically in the healthcare space, from a nationwide perspective. In this episode, Kevin and talk about steps borrowers can…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are two more of my favorite people in the optometry space: Drs. Chris Wolfe and Kyle Klute. Although, this is a bit of a different episode in that they’re not only guests on the show…they’re guest hosting the show! This is another 20/20 Money Takeover and basically a response to the …

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Ted McElroy. This is part two of our conversation that we teased on last week’s episode, and today Ted and I talk about the importance of resilience as a trait and quality that we should all embrace. He shares what resilience has meant to him in his life and how it was demonstr…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Ted McElroy. This is part one of our conversation where we talk about the importance of vulnerability as a leader, and why the two traits (vulnerability from today’s episode and resilience from next’s week’s episode) are intertwined. That is to say you can’t have one without th…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! This “housekeeping” episode is all about knowing the timely and relevant numbers that impact your various savings strategies as we enter into the new year. I also spend some time talking about an awesome new feature for defined benefit plans (thanks to SECURE Act 2.0) and a PSA to all of you that received the…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! Kicking off the new year, I wanted to share with you three important questions I ask myself that I’ve found to be very valuable and impactful when considering new projects, initiatives, or “asks” that occur throughout the year. These questions, when asked successively and answered together, can help bring a l…

Welcome to this episode rewind of 20/20 Money! I think I’m starting a bit of a tradition, because I felt compelled to bring back this episode again, just like I did last year, for the last episode of the 2023!! Given that this is the last episode of the year, this is usually when we are thinking about goal setting, and everyone’s schedule is anythi…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Bethany Fishbein, CEO of The Power Practice and host of the Power Hour podcast. On today’s episode we continue our dialogue that we started on my last appearance on the Power Hour podcast, which was around year-end planning. However, this conversation starts with the non-financ…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Erik Ferjentsik, MBA, founder of Visionary Practice Group. Erik and I have good, spirited discussion about transitions and what he’s seeing in the marketplace right now. We spend some time giving an update on the state of private equity, some common mistakes that he sees being made…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Jackson Pace, founder of the Refractional CFO. Jackson and I talk through some of the year-end planning considerations that are likely on OD practice owners’ minds and how to think through that decision matrix. We talk about the importance of essentially beginning with the end in m…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! This is my guest appearance on The Power Hour podcast hosted by Dr. Bethany Fishbein, OD, CEO of The Power Practice. I really enjoyed this conversation with Bethany and was grateful that she had me back on her show. We talked about year-end planning considerations (both financial and otherwise) and how practi…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! This episode is my guest appearance on Akrinos Access Live, a livestream hosted by Erich Mattei, founder of Akrinos. Erich had me on his series to talk through practice succession options for sellers. The specific option that we discussed during this conversation was around owner-financing. I share my thought…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Mila Ioussifova. Dr. Mila is founder of South Waterfront Eye Care in Portland, OR and she joins me on the show to talk about her journey as a successful, 10yr old cold start. What’s unique about Mila, though, is how intentional she’s been about how she runs her practice and the…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are two of my favorite people in the optometry space: Drs. Jeremy Ciano and Jennifer Stewart. Although, this is a bit of a different episode in that they’re not only guests on the show…they’re guest hosting the show! I decided to try something different and essentially just turn the …

As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, be sure to subscribe to our monthly “planning life on purpose” newsletter that’s filled with tips and ideas to help you plan life on purpose. You can also set up a Triage con…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Gina Wesley, OD. Gina joins me back on the show to talk about the journey she's been on over the better part of year simultaneously launching an in-house patient membership plan called "the 2020 club" while also going out of network with her last (and largest) vision care plan.…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! In this episode, we have a special guest joining us, Dr. John Rumpakis. Dr. Rumpakis is a medical coding consultant for OD’s, and founder of CodeSAFEPLUS, which gives you the knowledge and factual data you need to be safe, compliant, and profitable in today’s healthcare environment. Today Dr. Rumpakis will wa…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Nathan Hayes with IDOC. Nathan joins me back on the show to revisit a topic that we’ve discussed in the past but is worth revisiting on another episode: partnerships. Nathan and I share both of our experiences and thoughts about practice partnerships at all stages of their lifecycl…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Heidi Bell, OD, FCOVD. Heidi is a partner in Elite Eyecare, which houses Elite Vision Therapy within the practice and joins me on the show to talk about the success and passion she has for vision therapy and how following that passion has led to incredible success in the practi…

As a reminder, you can get all the information discussed in today’s conversation by visiting our website at integratedpwm.com and clicking on the Learning Center. While there, be sure to subscribe to our monthly “planning life on purpose” newsletter that’s filled with tips and ideas to help you plan life on purpose. You can also set up a Triage con…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Andy Yaryan, OD. Andy and I have a great and wide-ranging conversation. Andy shares why his culture has been so important to his success and demonstrative ways in which he measures culture in his practice, why focusing on the two things every human wants can be instrumental in …

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Mike Jorgenson with Carr Healthcare Realty. Mike joins me on the show to discuss all things real estate and optometric practices and we discuss many different aspects of real estate. We talk about evaluating the location of your practice, buying vs leasing, the timeline for buildou…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Matt Mitchell, OD. Matt joins me back on the show to put a light-hearted spin on some of the traditional practice benchmarks that are used in the profession. He talks about benchmarks that he feels are a bit over-rated in their use and dependency and which complementary benchma…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guests on today’s show are Mike Kogelis & Dr. Julie Helmus, OD. Mike and Julie join me on the show to talk about the growth of each of their respective businesses—Mike as the co-owner with his wife Dr. Rasa Tamulavichus of Big City Optical, a 17 location practice in the greater Chicagoland area and Dr. Jul…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Pete Kehoe, OD. This intro is packed with great info, so I hope you’ll listen to the entirety of it before jumping forward to the conversation. Pete and I share in a great conversation focused around one of the more important facets that impact a successful and cohesive practic…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Matt Mitchell, OD. Matt joins me back on the show in response to a very thoughtful piece of feedback he sent me about his view on debt and money after listening to a number of episodes of the show. Matt’s been a long-time listener of the show and has also been a guest a number …

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! On today’s episode I share some insights and experience as to why there can be a disconnect between owner and associate when it comes to establishing a buy-in price on a practice in which the associate has been working. This misalignment of value happens all-too-often and I’m hoping that this conversation can…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Dr. Mike Neal, OD. Mike owns both a private practice in rural PA and is also the founder of Build My Team, a platform intended on helping practice owners nationwide simplify and streamline the hiring process for non-OD team members. Mike joins me to talk about how he flipped hiring…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Kayla Ashlee. Kayla is the creator behind Spexy, an online training platform that’s built to help independent ODs and their teams make the most out of their optical and empower them to embrace change in their practice. Kayla joins me back on the show to talk about the importance of…

Welcome to this episode of 20/20 Money! My guest on today’s show is Jackson Pace. Jackson joins me on the show today to talk through his journey working for a growing and thriving practice as a CFO and the lessons he’s observed along the way that he’s helping apply to the work that he does with practice owners around the country. We talk about when…