153. Successful OT Practices Are One Funding Letter Away From Broke

You can have a full caseload, a waiting list and a successful OT private practice, and still be one funding change away from a serious problem.

In this episode of the OT Yourself to Freedom Podcast, Beki Eakins talks about something she is seeing again and again with Occupational Therapy business owners across Australia, the UK and the US.

NDIS changes. Frozen therapy rates. Insurance restrictions. Commissioning changes. Rising costs. More paperwork. Smaller margins.

The problem is not that these OTs are bad at business.

Many of them are incredibly successful.

The problem is that too much of their income is controlled by somebody else.

Beki explores why being fully booked does not automatically mean your OT business is secure, what concentration risk looks like in an Occupational Therapy private practice, and why every OT business owner should be thinking about creating at least one income stream that a funder cannot control.

She also shares practical ways to start thinking differently about your existing OT skills, including private-pay services, high-ticket offers and opportunities that sit outside the traditional funding model.

In this episode, Beki talks about:

Why successful OT private practices can still be financially fragile

The risks of relying heavily on NDIS, insurance or other funding bodies

Why a full waiting list does not always mean you have a safe business