The Private Practitioners Group provides a forum for social workers in private practice to exchange ideas and resources, learn from and support one another, combat the isolation that can occur in private practice, network, and join forces to implement projects and secure resources that we cannot obtain individually.

Frequently Asked Questions about the Private Practitioners Group

Meeting Schedules

Related Articles/Links

Practice Building

• Build Your Private Practice in 8 Easy Steps
• 12 Tips for Managing Managed Care
• Niche Marketing: Is It Right For Me?
• For Eager Clinicians: Getting Ready for Private Practice
• Beginning and Ending With Practice Building In Mind
• Private Practice Marketing
• Building Your Dream Private Practice with Lynne Spevack
  • Please look for our next Practice Building Workshop under the "Continuing Education" link at www.naswnyc.org.

NY State Education Department:
http://www.op.nysed.gov/sw.htm

General Resources for Private Practitioners

NASW National's Directory of Resources for Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice

Insurance and Managed Care Issues

• How to Obtain CPT Codes
• 12 Tips for Managing Managed Care

• The ICD-10-CM Is Coming October 2013

• Filing Complaints with the New York State Insurance Department

• What Private Practitioners Need to Know About The New Red Flags Rules
• Reform of the Out-Of-Network Reimbursement System
• Open Letter to NASW-NYC Members Regarding HIP's Plan to Decrease Reimbursement Rates
• Alert to Clinical Social Workers Re: Insurance Payment
• Special Alert for Private Practice Members- Three Rivers
• Financial Assistance for Those Affected by 9/11

Taxes

• Obtaining an EIN (Employer ID Number) as a TIN (Tax Identification Number) Can Protect You From Identity Theft
  http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=98350,00.html
  
• IRS Tax Center for Self-Employed Individuals
  http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/selfemployed/index.html
  
• NY State Estimated Tax Forms and Instructions (IT-2105)
  http://www.tax.state.ny.us/forms/income_estimated_forms.htm

• NYC Unincorporated Business Tax Reduction Begins with 2009 Tax Year
  http://www.nyc.gov/html/dof/html/business/business_tax_conformity.shtml

Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft

• Identity Theft Precautions for Private Practitioners

Professional Liability Insurance

• http://www.americanprofessional.com

Keeping Ourselves Safe

• Keeping Ourselves Safe

LMSWs Preparing for Private Practice:

• For Eager Clinicians: Getting Ready for Private Practice

• NYS Education Department: LMSWs and Private Practice: http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/sw/swprivatepractice.htm

• Engaging in Clinical Private Practice Without the LCSW: What LMSWs and Supervisors Need to Know

Miscellaneous

• Professional Wills