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Building a Cash-Based Health and Wellness Consulting Model

4/2/2017

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Elevate Pharmacy Virtual Summit: Day 2 Session 1


Almost 5 years ago, Suzanne Keyes & her husband Mike built Keyes’ Compounding in Elk City, Oklahoma.  Suzanne has expanded her practice to include a more holistic approach to wellness.  
Suzanne offers a wide variety of more advanced, specialized testing including: neurotransmitter testing, hormone testing, IgG food sensitivity testing, micronutrient deficiency testing, micro-biome and GI profile testing, SIBO/parasitology testing, etc.

She is currently involved in becoming a Fellow with the American College of Apothecaries and is currently enrolled in the multi-year certification program through the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Follow Suzanne's Pharmacy on Facebook.



Key Takeaways:
  • Moving from informal, free counseling sessions to paying, appointment-based consultations
  • Adding services to encompass a full-service consulting panel including advanced testing services
  • How to partner with lab companies to offer advanced testing services
  • Billable lab tests and educating yourself on pertinent labs
  • The progression from moving from chief complaint to treating the entire patient and ALL SYSTEMS
  • Giving patients hope where they had previously had no answers
  • CLIA-waived vs. collaborative practice agreements for advanced testing kits
  • Contracting with an independent lab company for cash-paying patients that saves money and improves access through online portals
  • The programs Suzanne recommends for pharmacists who want to train in functional medicine
  • The best piece of advice she can give to pharmacists who want to do health and wellness consulting
  • Importance of getting your pharmacy staff to "buy in" to your idea


​If you have any questions about this interview, come see me in our private Facebook community (link to join in your first email upon registration).

I hope to see you soon and look forward to hearing your ideas and plans to Elevate our profession.


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​ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD is an independent consultant pharmacist living in Arkansas with her husband and daughter. Her latest project is the first-ever virtual pharmacy conference, the Elevate Pharmacy Virtual Summit. She is also the founder of Pharmapreneur Academy, an online e-Course and Community where she guides pharmacist-entrepreneurs through the process and barriers of building a pharmacy consulting business. She is the author of How to Build a Pharmacy Consulting Business, a contributing author for Pharmacy Times and guest host on the Pharmacy Podcast.  More information about Dr. Thielemier can be found on her website.
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​P.S.   My goal is to reach 10,000 pharmacists this year. Will you help me by sharing this Summit with your network? I truly appreciate your help! #ELEVATEPHARMACY2017
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EveAnna Hutchison
1/27/2019 05:18:39 pm

Hello, I’m not sure which email I first contacted you by, but if you by. I am trying to connect with you for a new patient interview.
Thank you
-E

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