Sustainable group practice growth requires more than adding clinicians, locations and revenue. It requires building a practice that can adapt to reimbursement pressures, administrative complexity, and an industry that is changing faster than most owners can comfortably keep up with.

In Episode 55 of Your Group Practice, Dan King welcomes back Danielle Hayes, former co-founder of Therapy Austin, group practice consultant and facilitator of the Group Practice Owners Network.

Danielle shares what practice owners are discussing behind closed doors: insurance rate cuts, growing administrative burdens, consolidation, clinician burnout and the increasing difficulty of maintaining control over a mental health business.

She also challenges one of the industry’s most persistent assumptions that every successful group practice must continue getting bigger.

Danielle and Dan explore:

•  Why insurance consolidation may reduce the independence and leverage of group practices 
•  How administrative complexity is exhausting owners and clinicians 
•  Why sustainable growth may mean protecting quality of life rather than maximizing scale 
•  How hybrid cash-pay and insurance models can strengthen clinician compensation and practice resilience 
•  Why emerging clinicians need supervision, mentorship and a genuine apprenticeship environment 
•  How peer communities help owners solve problems without continually reinventing the wheel 

Danielle argues that no single practice owner can solve every structural problem facing mental health care. But owners can become less isolated, share what is working and build stronger collective influence.

As she explains, practice owners may not be able to control the entire marketplace, but they can start “building the raft” together.

Listen to Episode 55 and explore how sustainable group practice growth can protect clinicians, clients and owners as the mental health industry evolves.

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About the Host

Dan King is a lawyer turned private equity founder with a passion for fixing burnout in mental health. With a background in M&A, Shark Tank deals, and psychology, he now leads Fireside Strategic — investing in group practices that put people first.

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