PRIVATE PRACTICE - Cash Revenue Opportunities: 3 Steps to Selecting a Profitable Cash Program to Expand Your Business
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This course was presented live on Tuesday, July 21, 2026 | 7:00 pm ET / 4:00 pm PT.
.10 CEUs/ 1.0 Contact Hours
Course Level: Intermediate
Private practice owners are under increasing pressure to “add something” — a gym membership, a performance program, a wellness offering. But diversification without strategy can erode margin and dilute clinical identity. The most sustainable cash-based expansions are not those that reinvent your clinic; they are the ones that increase the financial productivity of your clinical expertise. This webinar presents a three-step framework to help clinic owners identify cash-based services that maximize clinical authority, strengthen gross profit, and extend patient relationships.
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. Evaluate cash-based service opportunities using a structured decision-making framework by applying a three-step process (rank, validate, and pilot) to assess and prioritize services that align with clinic strengths and market demand.
2. Differentiate between high- and low-leverage cash-based services by identifying characteristics that enhance clinical authority and profit potential versus those that create operational complexity and price competition.
3. Analyze the impact of cash-based services on revenue per clinician hour by examining how different service models influence revenue density and scalability.
4. Design a patient discovery process to validate new service offerings by implementing a structured interview approach to assess patient preferences and willingness to pay before launch.
5. Develop a low-risk pilot plan for a new revenue stream by outlining an implementation strategy that minimizes upfront investment, leverages existing resources, and incorporates feedback for continuous improvement and scaling.
Melissa Garland
Creater & Owner
YMI Method LLC
Melissa Garland is the creator of the YMI Method™ and owner of YMI Method LLC, a wellness education and licensing company. After a career in global technology marketing at Samsung and Adobe and 13 years leading one of Park City's premier yoga studios, she now partners with physical therapists and movement professionals to build structured, premium, group-based programs that extend care beyond discharge and create sustainable cash-based revenue.
Chris Cochella
Founder
Sequoia Growth Partners
Chris Cochella is the Founder of Sequoia Growth Partners and Managing Partner of Basix, a health and wellness benefits company. A serial entrepreneur with three patents across ventures in healthcare IT and education, he advises business owners on growth strategy, product development, and strategic positioning — helping them evaluate new opportunities and build durable, forward-looking companies.