The Physician Business Podcast

Amanda Sabicer
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The Physician Business Podcast is your weekly resource for building, growing, and sustaining a profitable private medical practice—without burning out. Hosted by Amanda Sabicer, an MBA graduate with healthcare experience and over a decade of experience working with startups, talks on the podcast specifically to physicians who want to leave corporate medicine and launch or scale their own independent clinics. Each episode covers practical business strategies, private practice management tips, and mindset tools to help you create a successful, burnout-free clinic. We dive into topics like entrepreneurship, physician burnout, clinic operations, human resources, and bookkeeping. 🎙️ Weekly episodes  💼 Built for private practice physicians  🩺 Focused on sustainability, profit, and freedom Whether you're planning to leave your job, already running a clinic, or somewhere in between—this podcast gives you the real-world tools to thrive as an independent physician. Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only.

  1. 4d ago

    Stop Dreading Mondays: Find the Patients You’re Meant to Serve

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** Identifying your ideal patient isn't just a marketing exercise. It’s the difference between loving your clinic and dreading Monday mornings. If you ever leave the clinic feeling completely drained and wonder, why does this feel so hard? The problem may not be your workload. It may be misalignment. Some patients bring out your best work, leaving you feeling confident, engaged, and energized. Others leave you feeling bored, overwhelmed, or ready to quit by the end of the day. That doesn't make you a bad clinician. It means not every patient is your ideal patient. In this episode, you'll learn how to identify who energizes you, uncover what they're really struggling with, and design care that creates better results for everyone, including you. References Struggling to fill your clinic schedule? Join our 3-day Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp! From August 18-20th, Dr. Matthea Rentea and I will be teaching the 7 marketing strategies to get more patients.    Want to join a premium, immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free brainstorming session with me Audio Stamps [00:50] [The misalignment problem] Burnout often comes from seeing the wrong patients, not from workload. [03:00] [Warning signs] Burnout, boredom, and overwhelm as clues to misalignment. [06:00] [Spotting your ideal patient] What to look for in your own clinic days to identify who you serve best. [09:00] [The 3-step framework] Complaint, problem, solution: turning patient insight into sharper marketing. [13:00] [Framework in practice] What complaint, problem, and solution look like for a specific specialty. [15:00] [Designing around them] Turning the avatar into clinic structure — and a challenge to reflect on your last 10 patients. To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  2. Jul 22

    The Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp: The Marketing Playbook You Wish You Had From Day One

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** You spent over a decade training to be an excellent clinician. So why is the clinic schedule in your own practice half empty? You've run the mental checklist a hundred times and have asked yourself a dozen times what the problem might be: Do I need to raise prices? Hire an agency? Get serious about social media? Is something wrong with me? Nothing is wrong with you. You were just never taught how to grow a business. And if you were in corporate medicine, a whole marketing engine was running behind the scenes to fill your schedule for you. Now that machine is gone, and it's just you… In this episode, I’m joined by my colleague Dr. Matthea Rentea to break down why talented clinicians struggle to fill their practices, what actually works, and the Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp we built to shortcut the learning curve. References Struggling to fill your clinic schedule? Join our 3-day Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp! From August 18-20th, Dr. Matthea Rentea and I will be teaching the 7 marketing strategies to get more patients.    Want to join a premium, immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free brainstorming session with me To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  3. Jul 15

    HR for People Who Hate HR (But Have to Do It Anyway)

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** When you worked for someone else, HR was where people went when they got hired, fired, promoted, or needed to complain about the office thermostat. But once you're running the clinic, HR becomes something much bigger... and blurrier.  In this episode, we're talking about the HR stuff clinic owners don't always realize they're supposed to be thinking about: the decisions that start before your first hire, the messiness that shows up as the team grows, the job descriptions everyone ignores until there's a problem, and the legal "oh no" moments waiting around the 10–15 employee mark. Good news: this isn't rocket science. It's just easier when someone walks you through it before you find out the hard way. References Struggling to fill your clinic schedule? Join our 3-day Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp! From August 18-20th, Dr. Matthea Rentea and I will be teaching the 7 marketing strategies to get more patients.    Want to join a premium, immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free brainstorming session with me Audio Stamps [00:50] [What does HR actually do?] Why almost everyone's idea of HR is shaped by being an employee, not by running the show. [03:10] [The launch phase] How HR shows up before you've even made your first hire. [04:47] [Your first employee] Contractor vs. W-2, payroll obligations, and the misclassification risk that trips up new founders. [07:00] [Bare bones HR] Why you can get away with a more informal HR structure up until about 10 employees. [08:42] [Growing pains] How skipping job descriptions early on leads to confusion, performance issues, and "us vs. them" thinking down the line.  [14:27] [Crossing 15 employees] New legal obligations mean it's time to join an employer association, update your handbook, and start succession planning. [18:07] [The 6 buckets of HR] The full scope of HR's job, and why what motivates your team may not match what you'd expect.  [21:59] [Compliance, HRIS, and strategy] The unglamorous-but-critical sides of HR, plus where AI is starting to reshape the role. To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  4. Jul 8

    Big Updates to the Female Founders Accelerator (and How They’ll Help You Grow Your Clinic Faster)

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** Starting or growing your own clinic is exciting. But it can also feel… like a lot. You’re putting yourself out there, breaking the “rules” of corporate medicine, and wondering where your next patients will come from. And when you’re doing it alone, every decision feels heavier. The doubts get louder, and it’s easy to spend months perfecting your website when what you really need is patients in the door. That’s why I created the Female Founders Accelerator alongside my colleague, Dr. Matthea Rentea. In this episode, we’re sharing what we learned from our first cohort and the exciting updates coming for cohort two. If you’re dreaming of building a thriving practice on your own terms, this episode will show you what’s possible with the right strategy, support, and community behind you. References Struggling to fill your clinic schedule? Join our 3-day Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp! From August 18-20th, Dr. Matthea Rentea and I will be teaching the 7 marketing strategies to get more patients.    Want to join a premium, immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free brainstorming session with me Audio Stamps [00:00] [Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp] A new three-day intensive open to everyone, starting in August. [01:30] [Two experts, one vision] How Amanda and Dr. Rentea's complementary skills sparked the Female Founders Accelerator (FFA). [06:30] [Cohort 1] A reflection on the first cohort of FFA, and why evaluating your results is a founder's superpower.  [07:30] [Splitting the program] Why 10 months is becoming two shorter, more flexible cohorts. [09:45] [Rethinking retreats] A more flexible approach to retreats that honors every season of life.  [12:00] [Two-on-one sessions] Introducing 90-minute deep work sessions with both coaches to accelerate progress. [17:15] [Filling your clinic] The #1 client challenge, and how the bootcamp tackles it head-on. [21:30] [What's included] Group coaching, WhatsApp community, and the full bonus lineup. To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  5. Jul 1

    Entrepreneurial Decluttering: Make Space for the Business You're Building

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** We’re officially halfway through the year. But wait... before you start piling on new goals, new plans, and new projects for the next six months, it’s worth asking: do you actually have space for them? That’s where entrepreneurial decluttering comes in. It’s the process of cleaning up your present so your business has room to grow into the future you actually want. In this episode, I walk you through six pillars of entrepreneurial decluttering, from your physical workspace to the clutter that lives entirely inside your head. You’ll learn how to reduce the mental load, close the open loops, and build momentum that actually feels good going into the second half of the year. References https://www.theminimalmom.com Fill Your Clinic Bootcamp: A 3-day intensive workshop where we teach the 7 proven marketing strategies we use to help physicians consistently attract the right patients. Want to join a premium, immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free discovery call today Audio Stamps [00:50] [The other side of goal setting] Why deciding what to stop is just as powerful as deciding what to start.  [03:18] [Entrepreneurial decluttering] Why a cluttered business is working against the future you're trying to build.  [11:45] [Pillar 1: Physical space] The spaces at home that shape your productivity, calm, and creativity. [15:48] [Pillar 2: Presence] From your wardrobe to your website — a check-in on whether your image still reflects who you are now.  [17:05] [Pillar 3: Business processes] A gut check on whether your day-to-day setup is still serving you.  [18:35] [Pillar 4: Business assets] Everything you've created, saved, and forgotten about that's taking up space and draining energy.  [21:00] [Pillar 5: Professional development] When a love of learning turns into hoarding content you never actually implement. [22:35] [Pillar 6: Mindset] Two simple tools for clearing your mental and emotional clutter.  [25:52] [Your turn] Pick the one pillar that resonates most, and do one small decluttering action in that area before the week is out. To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  6. Jun 24

    The Attention Ceiling (Why hard work stops working—and what to do next)

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** You have a growing to-do list, a packed calendar, and a business pulling at you from every direction. You're working hard. So why does it still feel like you're barely moving? Most entrepreneurs reach for a better system: a cleaner task list, a tighter calendar, the latest productivity hack. But the problem was never your tasks or your time. It's your attention, and right now it's leaking in a dozen directions you can't even see. In this episode, I'll show you why attention, not effort, is what actually drives results, and how to start directing your focus like the CEO you're becoming. References Learning to Be the Boss of Me Want to join a premium, immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free discovery call today Audio Stamps [00:50] [Inside the Female Founders Accelerator] The program's three stages, and why the implementation phase is the hard part.  [02:38] [Becoming the boss of me] A recap of the employee-to-CEO mindset shift. [05:10] [Tasks, time, and attention] Why attention is the overlooked resource that drives results.  [07:20] [The employee setup] Your employer sets your tasks and time but can't manage your attention.  [09:45] [The founder’s setup] Why attention becomes the primary driver when you own the business. [13:20] [Two takeaways] Results come from attention, not tasks, so pay attention to how you think all day.  [14:39] [Your turn] Spot a task you're avoiding and track the thoughts behind it. To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  7. Jun 17

    Clinic Strategy 101: Understanding the 5 Market Forces Shaping Your Clinic’s Success

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** You opened your clinic to practice medicine differently, but now you’re staring at a crowded market, rising costs, unpredictable competitors, and patients who have more options than ever. In this episode, I’m taking you on a trip down memory lane to my very first day of business school, where I was introduced to Porter’s Five Forces. Yes, it sounds a little nerdy, but this framework can completely change the way you think about your clinic. We’ll look at the five forces shaping your business right now. More importantly, we’ll talk about how to use them to spot where you’re vulnerable, where you have leverage, and how to position your clinic with more clarity and confidence. References Want to join a premium, 10-month immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free discovery call today Audio Stamps [00:50] [Strategy isn't just for big companies] Why strategic frameworks help you build and grow your clinic. [01:43] [Introducing Porter's Five Forces] A quick intro to Michael Porter and the framework that shifts success from working harder to designing a business built to win.  [04:38] [Force #1: Competition] Competing against similar offerings and why your niche keeps you from being commoditized on price.  [08:54] [Force #2: New entrants] How easily new clinics can open near you, and why fresh competition can grow the market instead of splitting it. [15:46] [Force #3: Suppliers] The power your supply chain holds, and why early dependencies become leverage against you.  [20:22] [Force #4: Bargaining power of buyers] How much pricing power customers have, and how insurance distorts it in healthcare.  [26:10] [Force #5: Substitutes] The other ways patients can solve the same problem without you.  [28:10] [Putting the framework to work] How to rate each force, find where you're vulnerable, and turn the framework into an intentional plan. To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

  8. Jun 10

    The Tool Every Entrepreneur Should Steal from Wall Street: The Reinvestment Rule

    **Send us a Text Message! Please include your name and email so we can answer you! Please note, this does not subscribe you to our email list, it's just to answer if you have a questions for us.** If you were starting your business from scratch today, what would you absolutely not choose again? In this episode, I'm sharing a simple decision-making tool I learned in my business school finance class (borrowed from the world of portfolio management), which shows how entrepreneurs can use it to make smarter choices with their time, money, energy, and focus. From underperforming team members to glitchy tech, offers that are not landing, or vendor relationships that feel off, this episode will help you spot what is draining your resources and decide what deserves your next investment. References Ep. 47. The Inversion Rule: Stop Quietly Killing Your Clinic’s Growth Want to join a premium, 10-month immersive experience exclusively for female clinician entrepreneurs ready to scale without sacrifice? Enrollment is now open for the next round of The Female Founders Accelerator, starting in September. Download my free guide 6 Steps to Opening a Clinic here! Book a free discovery call today Audio Stamps [00:50] [What the reinvestment rule is] The decision-making tool Amanda learned in business school and why she finds it useful for making tough calls in your business. [01:41] [The key question to ask] The single question portfolio managers use to decide what stays and what goes — and how it keeps decisions forward-looking.  [03:35] [Thinking like an investor] Always put your next dollar in the best available option, and don't let old decisions trap you.  [04:46] [Translating it to your clinic] Applying the rule beyond money to time, energy, focus, and relationships. [05:48] [The four psychological traps] The mental traps that keep you holding onto what isn't working: sunk cost, identity/ego, status quo bias, and hidden fear.   [09:00] [Putting it into action] How to start applying the rule to your business today.  To work with Amanda Sabicer or find out more, check out her website at www.amandasabicer.com.

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The Physician Business Podcast is your weekly resource for building, growing, and sustaining a profitable private medical practice—without burning out. Hosted by Amanda Sabicer, an MBA graduate with healthcare experience and over a decade of experience working with startups, talks on the podcast specifically to physicians who want to leave corporate medicine and launch or scale their own independent clinics. Each episode covers practical business strategies, private practice management tips, and mindset tools to help you create a successful, burnout-free clinic. We dive into topics like entrepreneurship, physician burnout, clinic operations, human resources, and bookkeeping. 🎙️ Weekly episodes  💼 Built for private practice physicians  🩺 Focused on sustainability, profit, and freedom Whether you're planning to leave your job, already running a clinic, or somewhere in between—this podcast gives you the real-world tools to thrive as an independent physician. Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only.

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  • Creator
    Amanda Sabicer
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    61
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Physician Business Podcast
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    The Physician Business Podcast

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