📚Modules 🏠All 50 States 🚀Launch Roadmap Credentialing Tracker
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The Exact Sequence

Your Launch Roadmap

Six phases from licensed NP to running practice. Click any phase to open its full module.

Start 4–6 months before your target launch date
Credentialing alone takes 60–120 days per payer. Starting the full sequence early is the only way to avoid a revenue gap on launch day.

01Get LicensedState NP license + national certification + DEA registrationState Board applicationAANP or ANCC examDEA $88802Form Your BusinessLLC or PLLC + EIN + business bank account + malpractice insuranceLLC/PLLC filingIRS EINBusiness bank account03Get Your NumbersType 1 NPI + Type 2 NPI + CAQH profile setupnppes.cms.hhs.govCAQH ProViewAll 18 sections04Credential With PayersMedicare + Medicaid + commercial insurers — start all simultaneouslyPECOS MedicareState MedicaidAetna, BCBS, UHC05Set Up Your FinancesQuickBooks Solopreneur, quarterly tax schedule, and expense trackingQuickBooks setupQuarterly taxesP&L tracking06LaunchSee patients, bill payers, maintain licenses and credentialsFirst patient visitCAQH re-attest 90dTrack revenue

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