
APTANJ Practice Management Special Interest Group (SIG)
Welcome to the new Practice Management Special Interest Group (PMSIG) webpage!
LEADERSHIP
- Chair: Christopher Lang, PT, DPT
- Vice Chair: Marc Plawner, PT
- Event Lead: TBD
STANDING RULES
- Standing rules will be added soon.
WHO WE ARE
The purpose and intent of the PMSIG is to serve and support current and prospective future practice owners in achieving their goals and thriving. This will be accomplished by:
- Identifying the inherent challenges and difficulties New Jersey private practices face in starting and scaling, including the steep learning curve of a very complex ever-changing healthcare system, stagnating and declining reimbursement rates, staffing shortage due to professional attrition, and rapidly increasing overhead costs.
- Discussing as a group, crowd-sourced both internal and external solutions that practice owners and their staff can implement to enhance their ability to serve their community without compromise and ensure a successful future professionally and financially.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Provide an area of support and programming for practice owners regarding topics
specific to managing and growing a practice. Some examples include:
○ Financial wellness for practices
○ Effective hiring and staffing strategies
○ Navigating regulatory challenges
○ Preventing practice burnout
- Plan social opportunities for involvement and networking purposes for practice owners.
- Foster leadership, advocacy, volunteer service, and involvement within the practice
management community.
- Educate practice owners about the APTANJ and APTA national, and encourage
involvement within both organizations.
- Create and empower cycles of leadership and encourage practice owners to prepare for
leadership roles within APTA, both locally and nationally, as well as within the overall
physical therapy community.
- Create opportunities for mentorship.
INTERESTED IN SIG MEMBERSHIP?
We are encouraging APTANJ Members to reach out to us with a brief registration to officially join this SIG and provide us some of your interests and needs so we can develop programs to support your objectives. To join, please click here to access our Membership Registration Form.
INTERESTED IN MENTORSHIP?
The APTANJ Mentorship Program is a networking and professional development service designed to create a
pathway for those who are seeking clinical and professional mentorship, to connect with
experienced members, who have made themselves available for guidance and support. The
program is open to all APTANJ members and can benefit clinicians at all stages of experience --
from students and new grads to experienced therapists who may be transitioning practice
settings, moving to new professional roles, or simply looking to expand their knowledge.
Click here for more information on finding a mentor or becoming one.