Launch your nurse practitioner private practice.
From license to first patient — state by state.
Step-by-step guidance for all 50 states. License requirements, credentialing, billing, and business setup — everything in one place.
8 complete learning modules
From your state license to your first paying patient — broken into clear, actionable stages.
Every state is different.
We cover all of them.
Practice authority, fees, CE hours, and prescribing rules vary widely. Pick your state for exact requirements.
Built by NPs who did it first.
Everything in this guide comes from lived experience — the paperwork, the waiting, the credentialing delays, and the workarounds that actually work. This is the resource we wish existed when we started.
Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner in private practice, licensed across multiple states. Samuel built and operates Samz Mental Health, a telehealth psychiatry practice — and navigated every step of the licensing, credentialing, and business setup process firsthand. He created this guide to document exactly what worked and what to avoid.
Psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with direct experience in the full private practice launch process — from state board applications and CAQH setup to insurance credentialing and billing workflow. Grace contributed real-world perspective on the practical challenges NPs face when going independent, especially in navigating payer requirements and telehealth regulations.
Beyond our own experience, this guide reflects the collective knowledge of nurse practitioners across the country who have been through the same process — sharing what state boards actually respond to, which credentialing timelines are realistic, what billing errors cost the most, and what no one tells you in school. Their insights, corrections, and real-world outcomes are embedded throughout every module and state guide on this platform.
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