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Practice on Your Terms: Starting and Growing a Private Practice in Virginia

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Practice on Your Terms: Starting and Growing a Private Practice in Virginia

Thursday, June 26, 2025
6:30 pm (EDT)
Free
1.5 Contact Hours

This course is created by the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association.

If you need assistance or accommodations, please contact us at Info@AspireOT.us
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If you're feeling burnt out, looking for more flexibility, want to deliver better care to patients, or hoping to spend more time with your family, private practice can offer a path forward — and this course is here to demystify that path, making it feel clear, manageable, and within reach.

This 1.5 hour webinar is designed for occupational therapy practitioners in Virginia who are interested in starting or growing a private practice. Whether you’re just beginning to explore the idea, considering a private practice side gig, already operate a cash-pay model, or manage an insurance-based clinic, this session will walk you through the key steps to move forward with confidence. In this three-part course, you’ll learn how to launch, get paid, and grow your occupational therapy practice in Virginia.

We’ll start with the essentials—choosing a business structure, securing malpractice insurance, applying for your NPI and EIN, and setting up a business bank account. Next, we’ll walk through how to get paid, covering insurance vs. cash-pay, credentialing, and the systems you need for documentation, billing, and claims, as well as how insurance can help expand your reach. Finally, we’ll explore how to define your niche, build referral relationships, and grow a values-aligned practice at your own pace.

This course is for OT practitioners who want more autonomy and are curious about building something that works for their life — without having to figure it all out alone.

Target Audience: Occupational therapists, occupational therapy assistants, occupational therapy students

Presented by: 
Raeva Sayed, CEO & Co-founder, Tavia Health.
Amanda Kichline, COO & Co-founder, Tavia Health
Lindsey Carter OTD, OTR/L, QMHP-C, Founder of Soluna Therapy Collective, Vice President of VOTA.
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Learning objectives
After completion of this occupational therapy continuing education course, participants will be able to:
  • Identify the basic legal and administrative steps to start a private OT practice in Virginia
  • Describe how to get credentialed with insurance and set up documentation and billing systems.
  • Outline strategies for growing a practice through niche development, referral relationships and marketing
Instructor bio
Raeva Sayed, CEO & Co-founder, Tavia Health. Formally led Product and Tech at IFundWomen
VOTA Guest Instructor

Raeva is the CEO and co-founder of Tavia Health. Her passion for Tavia Health stems from seeing her mom, an occupational therapist, struggle to start her own private practice. Raeva's professional background is in building zero-to-one products in regulated industries like healthcare and fintech, with experience creating tech platforms. As the second product hire at IFundWomen, she led the development of tools that helped over 300,000 women entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses. Today, she brings that same focus to Tavia Health, working to make the business side of private practice — from credentialing and reimbursement to growth — more accessible for rehab professionals.

Amanda Kichline, COO & Co-founder, Tavia Health. Formally led Clinical Operations at Charlie Health
VOTA Guest Instructor

Amanda is the COO and co-founder of Tavia Health. Her passion for rehabilitation therapy stems from seeing her grandmother benefit from OT and PT during late-stage dementia, enabling her to maintain her strength and reduce fall risk. Before founding Tavia Health, Amanda helped build and scale the clinical team at Charlie Health, a national virtual mental health provider. She focused on reducing administrative burden for clinicians and built tools, workflows, and operational systems to support high-quality care at scale. With a public policy background from Cornell, Amanda understands how healthcare rules and infrastructure affect clinicians day to day and is committed to making private practice more accessible, sustainable, and successful.

Lindsey Carter OTD, OTR/L, QMHP-C, Founder of Soluna Therapy Collective, Vice President of VOTA.
VOTA Guest Instructor

Dr. Lindsey Carter is a dedicated and dynamic occupational therapist with extensive experience across pediatric, behavioral health, and school-based settings. As the founder of Soluna Therapy Collective, Lindsey is committed to fostering community-based interventions that support neurodiverse individuals and promote mental health. An advocate for professional development and community engagement, Lindsey has contributed to numerous professional committees, including serving as Vice President of the Virginia Occupational Therapy Association. She is also a frequent lecturer and presenter, sharing her insights on topics such as executive functioning, trauma-informed care, and the role of occupational therapy in mental health. Recognized for her dedication, Lindsey has received several honors, including the VOTA Award of Merit. With a passion for innovative, client-centered care, she continues to lead initiatives that empower individuals to thrive.

Completion Requirements
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In order to receive the certificate of completion, participants must meet ALL of the following criteria:
  • Complete payment or VOTA membership log in for course enrollment
  • Attend the live webinar for the full duration
  • Complete the Attendance Attestation exam with a 100% score
  • Pass the course exam with a score of 80% or greater
Please note that no credit or certificate will be issued unless all criteria is met.  Partial credit will not be issued.  
cancellation policy
Live Courses and Webinars
Learner cancellations: In the event that the learner requests to cancel or is unable to attend a course, a refund for the total paid for the course will be granted if Aspire OT is notified via email at info@aspireot.us within 10 business days prior to date of the scheduled course, minus a non-refundable registration fee of 25% of registration price.  If the learner provides notification of cancellation less then 10 business days prior to the scheduled course, the learner will be offered the opportunity to attend the same webinar on an alternate date or enrollment in the recorded on-demand version of that webinar, instead of a refund.  

No refunds will be issued after a course has been attended for more than 30 minutes.  Partial credit will not be issued.  

Provider cancellations: In the event of inclement weather or other event resulting in the inability for a live course to be provided within the scheduled time, learners will be offered an alternate date or a full refund for registration paid.
On-Demand web Courses 
Web courses will remain available to learners for 1 year. No refunds will be available for web courses that have been attended or viewed for greater than 30 minutes. In the event of a refund, the learner will be unenrolled in the course immediately upon issuance of a refund. No refunds will be issued for any course in which a certificate has been issued.  

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This occupational therapy continuing education course is being offered as part of Aspire OT's State Association Partnership Program.