Business Skills for Nurse Practitioners: Unleashing Your Entrepreneurial Spirit

Lynn Rapsilber, DNP, ANP-BC, FAANP, is a GI NP caring for patients with a variety of GI conditions and runs the Hepatitis C clinic in her office. She is a co-founder of the National Nurse Practitioner Entrepreneur Network, a member service organization supporting NP start-up with resources and seasoned NP business owners with education, training and support to NP business owners. She has been teaching coding and reimbursement to APRNs for over 20 years. She has spoken at the local, state and national level disseminating valuable expertise in coding and billing for APRN services. She can make this difficult topic easy to understand. Lynn is the current co-chair of the CT Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses, Past President of CTAPRNs. She is active in health policy issues including the recent removal of the written collaborative agreement for APRN practice in CT. She was the recipient of the Agnes Ohlson Diamond Jubilee award in recognition of her service to nurses in the political arena by the Connecticut Nurses Association. While a DNP student at Quinnipiac University, Lynn received the Benjamin and Juliette Trewin award for Professional Leadership in Nursing and recently received the Quinnipiac Transformational Nurse Leader Alumni Award. She is a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and serves on the Health Policy Committee and is the Health Policy Chair.

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Lynn Rapsilber is the owner of Owner NP Business Consultants, LLC. and NP Wellness Care, LLC. She is the CEO of National Nurse Practitioner Network. Lynn Rapsilber receives a speaking honorarium from Gilead. She previously received a speaking honorarium from Takeda Pharmaceuticals. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Lynn Rapsilber is a member of the American Nurses Association and the Connecticut Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Society. She is a Fellow in the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and serves on the Health Policy Committee and is the Health Policy Chair.