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Starting Your IBCLC Private Practice: The First-Year Playbook
Legal setup, software, billing, referrals, and your first home visit - from someone who's been there.
Practice Operations
Starting your practice, HIPAA, software choices, and home-visit workflow.
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The Hidden Cost of Using a Generic EHR as an IBCLC
Generic EHRs charge you monthly, then leave you to buy lactation charting template packs and spend evenings building forms. Here is what that actually costs an IBCLC in private practice.
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Practice Management Software Payment Processing Fees: What IBCLCs Actually Pay
SimplePractice lists 3.15% + $0.30 on card payments; Stripe's standard rate is 2.9% + $0.30. Here's the platform markup, the ACH workaround, and what to check.
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HIPAA Compliance for Lactation Consultants: What You Actually Need
What's required, what's overkill, and how to get compliant without hiring a consultant.
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Home Visit Documentation: Charting Best Practices for IBCLCs
SOAP structure, charting workflow, legal protection, and how to stop retyping notes at 10 PM.