Start your own practice. Keep your job.
Openwell launches independent cash-pay practices for physicians who are still employed. We run the launch work and the operating system your practice runs on.
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Free · takes minutes · orientation, not legal advice
From employed to independent.
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Check your contract
Free, takes minutes. Green is a clear read that the path is open for you. Only yellow gets a detailed review that credits in full toward your launch. Red is an honest not yet, with options to consider.
Check your contract - 02
Plan the practice
Name it, budget it, and configure it. Watch it run on demo patients before you go live.
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Launch on the side
We run the verification, paperwork, malpractice, payments, and compliance work while you keep seeing patients at your day job. Weeks, not months.
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Go full-time when you are ready
You go full-time once the practice proves itself, not before. The one you built on the side is the one you take with you. Nothing gets rebuilt, and we handle the switch.
We run the launch.
Weeks, not months.
Two ways in.
Side Launch
Launch alongside your current job.
- Runs in roughly 10 hours a week
- Free to model and assess before you commit
- Cancel anytime, no annual commitment
Full Launch
The practice as your career.
- Your full-time, physician-owned practice
- White-glove assessment before you go live
- Cancel anytime, no annual commitment
See everything we handle before you commit.
Disclosed up front. Run by the Openwell team after you commit. Weeks, not months.
You practice medicine.
The OS runs the practice.
One AI-native system, built for cash-pay practices, does the busywork. The judgment, the medicine, and the relationship stay yours.
Intake, scheduling, clinical documentation, cash-pay billing, memberships, ACH and card payments, dispensary and lab ordering, and HIPAA-grade security: one system. You watch it run on demo patients before you go live.
Asked by every physician who got this far.
Can I do this while staying employed?
Yes. Launching on the side is common and runs alongside your current job in roughly ten hours a week. You keep your salary while the practice proves itself, it is reversible, and you can cancel anytime.
Does my contract allow me to start my own practice?
The free check reads your employment terms in plain language: whether you can start a side practice now, or need to wait out a notice period first. A red result is an honest not yet, with the date you can revisit. It is a directional read based on your answers and common contract patterns, not legal advice, so have your specific agreement reviewed by counsel before acting.
What if my contract says no?
We will connect you with a network of healthcare attorneys who can review your contract and your situation in more depth. Book a time with us and we will make the introduction.
Will patients pay cash for my services?
The demand is already there. Americans spent more than $550 billion out of pocket on care in 2024, and direct, membership, and cash-pay practices are among the fastest-growing models in medicine. We will not speak for your market. You build your own waitlist under your own brand, watch your own numbers, and decide when they convince you.
Do I need to form a company first?
No. We set up your physician-owned entity for you, structured to your state's rules, along with the rest of the launch checklist.
Who handles malpractice insurance?
It is handled as part of activation. Your practice holds its own policy through a licensed broker, so the carrier bears the risk and Openwell coordinates it without being your insurer.
Is the contract check legal advice?
No. The contract check is a tool that gives a directional read based on your answers and common contract patterns. It is not legal advice and does not create an attorney-client relationship, so have your specific agreement reviewed by counsel before acting.
Not ready to check? Start with the playbooks.
The guides we wish every employed physician had before they thought about going independent. Free. No pitch.
Find out where you stand.
The contract check is free and takes minutes. Stay employed while you find out.
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