Medicare cut reimbursements again. What is your three-year plan?
Strategic financial guidance for podiatrist-owners managing Medicare dependency, wound care growth, and practice value building.
A 4-minute test your accountant hopes you skip.
At a glance
Is This Right for You?
This service is for podiatry practice owners facing these challenges:
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What's Included
How a Fractional CFO Works for Podiatry Practices
Podiatry-specific strategic leadership that goes beyond reporting.
Medicare Dependency Reduction
- •Payer mix diversification strategy and timeline
- •Commercial payer contract evaluation and negotiation
- •Self-pay service development (cosmetic podiatry, wellness)
- •Medicare rate change financial impact modeling
Wound Care Center Development
- •Wound care center feasibility with staffing and equipment projections
- •Referral source development plan
- •Revenue ramp modeling
- •Hospital vs independent wound care center comparison
Practice Value Maximization
- •Practice valuation with podiatry-specific factors
- •Provider dependency reduction strategy
- •Revenue diversification planning
Staffing & Growth
- •PA/NP hiring financial model with supervision cost impact
- •Satellite location feasibility
- •Associate podiatrist recruitment and ramp modeling
Results
What Podiatry Practices Experience
| Metric | Typical Outcome |
|---|---|
| PA restructuring | Adjusted schedule and panel to generate $217K in collections, turning -$30K into +$35K annual contribution |
| Wound care coding | $42,000 in additional annual revenue from proper code selection |
| Orthotic denial reduction | $28,000 recovered through documentation improvement and denial resubmission |
Case Study
See The System In Action
2-podiatrist practice with one PA, two locations, significant wound care and diabetic patient base. Revenue was $1.1M but had been flat for four years despite adding a PA two years ago. The owner assumed Medicare rate cuts were to blame but had not analyzed the real drivers.
What we found:
- •The PA was generating $165K in collections but costing $195K when fully loaded (salary, benefits, supervision time, malpractice). A net drag of $30K per year that was invisible in combined financials
- •Wound care debridement was coded as 97597 (first 20 sq cm) on 92% of cases, even when wound sizes documented in the chart supported higher-level codes. An estimated $42K per year went uncollected
- •Custom orthotics were billed to insurance 180 times per year but denied 34% of the time due to documentation gaps. Recovered denials represented $28K in revenue
- •Diabetic LOPS foot exams (G0245 initial / G0246 follow-up) were missing the required vascular assessment documentation on 45% of charts, creating compliance risk and denial vulnerability
The results
Adjusted schedule and panel to generate $217K in collections, turning -$30K into +$35K annual contribution
PA restructuring
$42,000 in additional annual revenue from proper code selection
Wound care coding
$28,000 recovered through documentation improvement and denial resubmission
Orthotic denial reduction
“I blamed Medicare for our flat revenue. Turns out we were leaving $70K on the table in wound care coding and orthotic denials alone — and our PA was actually costing us money.”
— Practice Owner, Mid-Atlantic
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