MEMBERSHIP
How membership works
Who NIPA is for, what you can explore today, and exactly what happens when you request membership.
Questions about membership?
WHO NIPA SERVES
Independent practices across health and wellness
Membership is for independent practice owners and the people who work for them. You can request membership in any of these roles and specialties.
Roles
- Practice owner
- Clinician at an independent practice
- Practice administrator or team member
Specialties
- Audiology
- Chiropractic
- Dentistry
- Dermatology
- Medicine
- Ophthalmology
- Optometry
- Veterinary medicine
- Other health or wellness specialty
AVAILABLE NOW
What you can explore today
You don’t need to be a member, or sign in, to read these.
Clinician roundtables
9 roundtables, each putting one question to co-founders across specialties.
- Do's and don'ts
- Marketing
- Technology
- Retention
- Patient experience
- Case acceptance
- Brand
- Why we do this
- Starting out
The co-founders
9 clinicians across dentistry, medicine, optometry, veterinary medicine, chiropractic and audiology co-founded NIPA.
Meet the co-founders
MEMBER BENEFITS
What members receive
The Independent Practice Thrival Guide
Every approved member receives our e-book: the strategies, mindsets and hard-won lessons our co-founders use to keep independent practices thriving in a culture of corporate medicine.
17 chapters, from the patient journey and first impressions to team culture, hiring, bonus structures, retention, reviews, referrals, marketing and leadership.
Sent with your welcome email once your membership is approved.
A complimentary NIPA Practice Strategy Session
Twenty minutes with one of our founders about what would make the biggest difference in your practice: clarify your priority, explore relevant alliance resources and connections, and choose a practical next step.
Your welcome email includes the invitation; book whenever it suits you from the Talk with NIPA page. It’s optional and never required to use your membership.
A listing in the practice locator
Patients can find your practice in NIPA’s practice locator by name, city, state or ZIP code, and read about the owners behind it and the care you offer.
Listings are added after approval. To update or remove yours, reply to your NIPA welcome email.
Planned
Monthly member meetings
The alliance is planning monthly member meetings for sharing ideas and marketing strategies.
Not yet scheduled. Members will receive details by email.
REQUESTING MEMBERSHIP
What happens when you request membership
Complete the short form
Five fields: your name, work email, practice name, role and specialty.
We receive your request
You’ll see a confirmation on screen once your request is received. Submitting the form doesn’t make you a member yet.
The NIPA team reviews it
Approval isn’t automatic. Every request is reviewed before membership begins.
Once approved, you get a welcome email
It includes your copy of The Independent Practice Thrival Guide and an invitation to a complimentary 20-minute Practice Strategy Session.
QUESTIONS
Questions and answers
What does membership cost?
Membership options are being finalized. You can request information using the membership request form.
Request membershipWho can request membership?
Independent practice owners and the people who work for them, including practice managers, administrators, clinicians and team members, across health and wellness specialties.
Am I a member as soon as I submit the form?
No. The form sends us your request. You become a member once the NIPA team has reviewed and approved it.
How do I get the e-book?
It’s sent with your welcome email once your membership is approved.
What is the Practice Strategy Session?
A complimentary 20-minute conversation with one of our founders, included with membership. You bring the biggest thing you’d like to improve; you leave with a clearer priority, relevant alliance resources or connections, and a practical next step. Your welcome email includes the invitation. It’s optional, and booking is never required to use your membership.
About the Practice Strategy SessionAre there paid services connected to NIPA?
Mindshare Creative supports the alliance and offers optional paid implementation services. They’re separate from NIPA membership: you don’t need them to request membership or to take part.
About the optional practice growth reviewDo I need an account or password?
No. Requesting membership takes one short form, and the clinician roundtables are open to everyone without signing in.
How is my information used?
The details in your request go to the NIPA team so they can review it.
How this website uses cookies and trackingPublicity and Marketing Consent
(a) Consent to be featured. By joining NIPA, Member consents to NIPA using Member's name, practice name, professional credentials, practice location (city and state), membership status (for example, "Founding Clinician" or "Member Practice"), logo, and any photos, headshots or biographical information Member provides ("Member Materials") in NIPA's advertising, marketing and promotional materials. This includes paid digital ads, social media, video, the NIPA website and practice locator, email and print. This is a non-exclusive, royalty-free license.
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(d) Quotes. NIPA will not attribute a quote, statement or testimonial to Member without Member's approval of the exact wording.
(e) No patient information. Member Materials will not include patient information or patient images. NIPA will not feature a patient without that patient's separate written authorization.
(f) Opting out. Member may withdraw this consent for future use at any time by written notice to mason@joinnipa.com. NIPA will stop new placements within 30 days, but does not have to recall materials already printed, distributed or published.
(g) End of membership. This consent ends when membership ends, with the same 30-day wind-down and the same exception for materials already distributed.
Ready to request membership?
It takes five fields. The NIPA team reviews every request.