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Is it possible to hire part-time W2 employees? Can you have assistants in other states? When’s the right time to launch a group practice?
In this podcast episode, Joe Sanok speaks about how to hire virtual part-time percentage-based W2 assistants with Dr. Wendy Marsh.
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Meet Wendy Whitcomb Marsh
Wendy Whitcomb Marsh is an award-winning author and board-certified behavior analyst specializing in autism. After a career working with children on the spectrum, she took early retirement to write books and to provide autism assessments for adults.
Since retirement she has written 7 books about autism, (working on the 8th ) including Recognizing Autism in Women and Girls, (2022) and the upcoming series, Adulting While Autistic (2023). She started a small private practice, Adult Autism Assessment, in 2018, and in 2022 she formed a group practice, which now has 10 employees.
Visit Wendy Marsh’s website and see also Adult Autism Assessment.
Connect with Wendy on Facebook, Youtube, and LinkedIn.
In This Podcast
- Why Wendy moved to group practice
- How to work with W2 employees in other states
- Wendy’s advice to private practitioners
Why Wendy moved to group practice
I was getting overwhelmed. I was seeing people every day, [and] at one point I got up to seven days a week and I said, “That’s crazy!” People don’t do this, even if you enjoy it, people don’t do this seven days a week.
Dr. Wendela Marsh
Even though Dr. Marsh enjoyed her work and seeing clients, it became just too much. There was such a demand that she kept getting fuller and fuller, until she was working every day of the week.
That’s when she knew that she had to switch from a solo practice to a group practice.
I heard [Practice of the Practice] talking about group practices and although I had never considered it, it suddenly felt right, and it’s like “do it”, you know? … I’m too old to think about things for a long time [so] if it’s worth doing, let’s just do it! Let’s jump in with both feet.
Dr. Wendela Marsh
How to work with W2 employees in other states
It is legal to hire part-time W2 employees to work with you in your group practice. However, if they are working remotely from other states, you need to hire an attorney.
They will guide you through the process of filling out the correct paperwork for what it takes to be an employer in each of those states.
If you’re telehealth and you want to hire someone and they live somewhere else … because I employ them, I had to go through that paperwork to become an employer in those states.
Dr. Wendela Marsh
To make the process easier, Dr. Marsh uses a variety of different systems to keep everything streamlined:
- Brighter Vision for her website
- Therapy Notes for the EHR system
- Hush Mail for encryption and private communication
- Simplified SEO Consulting for SEO optimization
- Green Oak Accounting for accounting and financial services
It had to be W2s for me because I want there to be consistency across states. You can be [from] anywhere, but if you come to Adult Autism Assessment, you’re going to get [the same] service.
Dr. Wendela Marsh
Wendy’s advice to private practitioners
Follow your heart. If you have to gather a team around you, don’t wait for the “right” moment to start a group practice – jump in! The water’s fine.
Books mentioned in this episode:
Dr. Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Recognizing Autism in Women and Girls: Opening Doors to Success
Dr. Wendela Whitcomb Marsh – Independent Living with Autism: Your Roadmap to Success (Adulting while Autistic)
Dr. Wendela Whitcomb Marsh & Raun Melmed – Autism Parent Handbook: Beginning with the End Goal in Mind
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Useful links mentioned in this episode:
- Visit Wendy Marsh’s website and see also Adult Autism Assessment.
- Connect with Wendy on Facebook, Youtube, and LinkedIn.
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