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Starting your practice, HIPAA, software choices, and home-visit workflow.

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National Breastfeeding Month 2026: The IBCLC's Playbook

The 2026 National Breastfeeding Month calendar, with each week's dates, theme, and organizer, plus ready-to-use ways for IBCLCs to show up for families in August.

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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.

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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.

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Offline Charting for Lactation Consultants: How to Document Home Visits Without Wi-Fi

Most EHRs quit the moment the Wi-Fi does. Here is what real offline charting has to do for a home-visit IBCLC, how to evaluate any tool, and a pre-visit checklist.