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How to Start your own Ultrasound Business with Jennifer Lindsey

Episode 25 Rad Talk season 2 episode 4
 
1- 7 minutes: Jennifer Lindseys story of how she started her ultrasound business.
 
01:30: She is NOT a Sonographer, and she started her own ultrasound business.
 
05:00 - They teach Echo ultrasounds and have an entire ultrasound machine business division.
 
7 minutes - There are eight different business models people can create for ultrasound.
 
9 minutes: Mobile ultrasound is the business model many clients like to start with.
 
11- 14 minutes: Being set up with insurance as the provider
 
12 minutes: Medicare classifies it as an Independent diagnostic testing facility (IDTF). Mobile or standing facility.
 
17 minutes - Did you immediately buy the machines to start out?
 
19- 21 minutes: Don’t market to the physician practice that has tons of patients, look at the physicians who have a certain number of patients you could do all their exams once a week
 
22 minutes: $125 an hour per physician client a Sonographer can charge. $1,000 a day in revenue.
 
23 - 24 minutes: Jennifer's tip from a mishap when they first bought their brand new ultrasound machines they can look back and laugh at now.
 
26 - 29 minutes: Jennifer’s business partner can guide you where to purchase the ultrasound equipment from.
 
29 minutes: The ultrasound equipment is very mobile to the point it can even sometimes fit in a suitcase.
 
29:20- 32 minutes: Jennifer recommends ultrasound equipment to use.
 
34 - 37 minutes: You have the ultrasound expertise already, if you have the entrepreneurial spirit this is right up your ally.
 
37 - 39 minutes: find Sonographers with that entrepreneur spirit, and work for them
 
39 - 45 minutes: Legal side of the business can be very expensive and it can cost you if you don’t know. No worries, with Jennifer's program you have a roadmap
 
46 - 49 minutes: Radiologist vendors to read the exams or if your doing the exams for a specialist.
 
50 minutes: If your making $125 an hour as a business owner what all other expenses do you need to be paying for?
 
54 minutes: Fun fact about Indiana
 
56 - 57 minutes: Creating different protocols for different exams
 
57:52 - 01:00:00: 1st question
 
01:00:10- end of the show: 2nd question
 
We want to thank Jennifer again for this great information. Stay tuned we will have her back on again in the future.
 
She has some great information coming up with her free workshop she is offering so please sign up and tell her Rad Talk Dennis sent you.
 
Here is the link to register for the free workshop: https://aic-ultrasound.com/start-your-biz-workshop
 
And here are Jennifer’s social media links:
 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-aic/
https://www.instagram.com/advancedimaginginc/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBpSP6v--s4xXXx2tH362ng
https://www.facebook.com/AdvancedImagingUltrasound/
 
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More money talk with Malone Healthcare

Welcome Back Rad Talk Nation
Episode 26 with Malone healthcare
I hope everyone had a happy Holidays, but were ready to get back to the grind of getting our listeners good quality information.
Dennis goes more in depth with Malone Healthcare and gets to answer more of your money questions.
1- 9 minutes: Bill rate paid hourly. The agency is paying the traveler money before they are getting paid.
 
5- 7 minutes: turning in your time card when its due is super important for the travel company to bill the hospital correctly for your hours worked.
 
9 - 14 minutes: When can I negotiate my salary?
 
14 - 15: When you should decline a job?
 
16 - 19 minutes: :24 to 48 hour clock once an offer is made.
 
19 - 28 minutes: Going over bill rates with your recruiter.
 
29 - 32 minutes: Why don’t we ask the hospitals for more transparency with salary?
 
33 - 37 minutes: recruiting companies able to pay out more money short term, and being able to put yourself back in the black over time
 
38 - 50 minutes: Guaranteed hours information to find out
 
45 minutes: Never Volunteer to go home.
 
50 - end of the show: GSA information can be reverse engineered.
 
52- 54 minutes: How do I calculate my salary using the GSA?
 
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Money Money Money with Malone Healthcare

Rad Talk episode 24
 
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Thank you all for the support. Please continue to be a friend and tell a friend. 
 
Episode 4 with Malone Healthcare
 
Start - 2:30: Who sets the bill rates that pay the traveler and everyone?
 
2:30 - 5:00: Bidding on jobs
 
5:30 - 6:00: Dennis bidding story.
 
6:00 - 8:00: Who are the people that can sign off on contracts for hospitals?
 
8:20 - 20:00: Define a bill rate and why agencies exist.
 
29:00: Go to google and type in GSA per diem rates
 
30:00: What is the minimum you should be paid?
 
20:00 - end of episode: What is included in a pay package?

Both can be one featuring Malone Healthcare

Episode 23
 
Welcome to Episode 3 of this Malone Healthcare travel Series
 
On this episode we did a lot of jumping around and also ended up having some technical issues with the episode. The content still is great, and information is super helpful.
 
Beginning of episode - 21 minutes: Vendors and recruiting company being one. Why?
 
7 - 11 minutes: More money to the traveler working with smaller company because they have a lower overhead.
 
8:50: Your more of a number to a bigger company
 
10: Even if the owner of the recruiting company and vendor doesn’t make money on recruiting side they make money on vendor side.
 
11 - 21 minutes: Skill checklists is the travelers time to shine. Brag on yourself for this checklist. There are a lot of different skill checklists.
 
12:30: Do a skills checklist every year typically
 
14:30: Passing grades on skill checklists
 
17: Vivian app compares several travel jobs and pays
 
21:45 - 40 minutes: Healthcare License process
 
22:45 - 23:10 minutes: 4 states you need to have a state specific license in for sonography.
 
24:38 - minutes: State licenses seem to be money grabs
 
26:40 - different licenses for different healthcare jobs and nursing compact.
 
35:00: Licensing can be expensive but reimbursed for most states within reason of price.
 
38:00: Ask the travel company to pay for the yearly license
 
40 - 51 minutes: Hiring manager questions for interview are usually via phone
 
41:15: Scrub color answer may surprise you. Your welcome :)
 
44:50:  Always get the managers name who is interviewing you and how to contact them.
 
49:00: Do you know when the interview is going to happen?
 
52:00 - end of episode: minutes: What does the job descriptions look like for the recruiter when they get them?
 
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Let’s talk résumés and auto submittals with Malone Healthcare!

Rad talk episode 22
 
Rad Talk welcomes back Malone Healthcare for epsiode 2 of the series.
 
Recap of prior episode 21:
 
Beginning - 5 minutes: If you click your interested in a job then travel companies will keep reaching out to you.
 
7 - 8 minutes: Find a recruiter that fits you.
 
9- 10 minutes: Have profiles ready when you want to apply for jobs.
 
11 - 32 minutes: What is a hero resume look like?
 
32 - 38 minutes: auto-submittals versus blind submittals
 
39 - 48 minutes: Totem pole of a travel healthcare company. Every job title you would want to know about as a traveler.
 
48 minutes: Do vendors take a percentage?
 
48.30 minutes: Do companies take the largest part of the salary or does the traveler?
 
50.40 minutes: Great quote by Dennis
 
24 minutes: Find good references
 
21 minutes: Chris got great feedback from a traveler hired.
 
51 minutes: Question of the day!!
 
Side note: How many different beverages did Chris have throughout this episode?? :)
 
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Traveling Facts Featuring Malone Healthcare

Episode 21
Meet our esteemed guests, Jana Petty and Chris Pliatska, seasoned recruiters from Malone Healthcare. Join us in this captivating series of episodes as we delve into a comprehensive exploration of all things travel healthcare, unlocking the answers you've been seeking.
 
Beginning - 1 minute: Dennis candidly discusses his frustration stemming from conflicting travel healthcare information, prompting our decision to feature Malone Healthcare on the podcast.
 
1 - 2 minutes: Who is Malone healthcare?
 
2 - 5 minutes: Why do so many agencies have the headquarters out of Omaha Nebraska?
 
5 - 7 Minutes: What separates Malone Healthcare from all the other companies?
 
7 - 10 minutes: Differences between working with large companies and smaller ones?
 
12- 15 minutes: Why did Malone decide to go from one industry and then jump into the travel business?
 
16 - 18 minutes: Medicare reimbursements continue to go down for important parts of medicine.
 
18 - 20 minutes: Dennis goes over very interesting life lesson story.
 
21 - 24 minutes: Chris and Jana's backgrounds
 
25 - 41 minutes: How do you start the travel healthcare process?
 
27 minutes- Chris drops a huge tip on when travelers are first applying to jobs.
 
30 minutes - Do you spruce up resumes?
 
41 - 45 minutes: Do you know if someone is really interested in traveling versus just trying to dip their toes in?
 
45 - 48 minutes: What kind of references do you need and how many?
 
48 - 54 minutes: Is it better to apply to jobs directly with the recruiter or on the website?
 
55 - End: Question of the Day!!
 
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How much is too much?

Welcome to Episode 20!
 
Beginning of the episode - 12 minutes: MRI story of what can happen when you bring something into the magnet that is metal. This story is a sad reminder that the magnet is always on, and to take MRI safety very seriously.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDfwxoigZZk&t=74s
 
12 - 26 minutes: Do doctors make too much money? Factor in the time and debts they accumulate, and what do you think?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/08/04/doctor-pay-shortage/
 
26 - End of the show: Question of the day (It's a super juicy one today)
 
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Wow! 20 episodes deep and we are incredibly blessed to have been given the opportunity to do this. We truly appreciate all the support, and we are going to keep this train rolling, choo choo! 
 
We have been working on something for a couple weeks now and are super excited to be coming out with some great information for our travel healthcare audience. STAY TUNED :) :)
 

Celebrate being Aware

Episode 19
Start - 5 minutes: Celebrating awareness of each department or career in the hospital facility. Ultrasound awareness month, Radiology week, nurses week, nuclear medicine week and many more.
 
5 - 8 minutes: Two pros of sonography
8- 14 minutes: Two cons of sonography.
9:55 - 11 minutes: Dennis describes why most sonographer’s usually scan with one arm
 
14 - 23 minutes: one pro and con with sonographers having to interact with radiologists.
 
16:50 minutes: having the patient get into a certain position to better see a particular organ.
 
23 - 29 minutes: Two Pros and Two cons for being a Radiologist
 
29 - 35 minutes: Struggling to pass boards exams. How many times can you fail, and is there ever a time you just decide to move on? Instantaneous results for tests vs having to wait.
 
37 - 38 minutes: How we feel about having to re-certify and retake boards exams after 10 years or some period of time.
 
39 - end of show: Question of The Day!!
 
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Crossing the line

Episode 18
 
1- 6 minutes: Kaiser Permanente hospital healthcare is the largest strike in the country ever. Why do strikes happen? 75,000 employees going on strike.
6 - 12 minutes: Would either of us cross the line to help work the strike?
13 - 16 minutes: Misdirected anger with people getting angry at other people crossing the strike line versus getting mad at the organization.
16 - 19 minutes: Issues with working a strike with new staff.
20 - 22 minutes: Union representation versus working without
22 - 29 minutes: We give our opinion on a facebook group question in which someone is working the strike on a new job.
29 - 31 minutes: necessity is the mother of invention
31 - end of episode: Question of the day!!!!
 
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Feel the burn

Episode 17
(00:01) - Burnout in healthcare with the how and why it happens. Can you guess what has led to higher burnout than normal?
(32:00) - Question of the day