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The Practice Partnership™

Applied Behavior Analysis NPA Practices

Keep 100% of your practice. Hand off the back office to a CPA who has seen this before. Built for California BCBA / BCaBA / RBT agencies.

100%Equity & ownership retained
24-hrResponse guarantee on every request
95%Of clients save more in tax than we charge
Oct 31CDE renewal deadline — we own it for you

Who this is for

BCBA / BCaBA / RBT owners billing $500K+.

You run the most operationally demanding model in special education — and nobody has time to also be the cost-report accountant. You opened an NPA to serve students who need applied behavior analysis services — not to spend nights reconciling school ISAs, insurance, and regional-center funding. The Practice Partnership™ is the financial and advisory engine that runs in the background so you can focus on the work that requires your license.

The agencies that thrive are the ones whose back office can carry the growth.

What NPAs see in year one

The numbers that actually move.

Concrete outcomes the Practice Partnership™ delivers — not vague promises.

$50K+

Annual tax savings

Typical first-year savings from S-corp restructuring, reasonable comp, retirement design, and the $500K tax-wall plan.

12hrs

Per week back to your clients

Hours owners reclaim once billing, payroll, cost-report prep, and CDE paperwork leave their desk.

100%

CDE renewal pass rate

Every NPA client we have prepared has passed CDE renewal on first submission. We own the Oct 31 date.

$0

Equity, ownership, or control taken

Unlike traditional MSOs, we never take a piece of your practice. You keep 100% of the business you built.

The 12-page playbook

Inside the ABA NPA Service Catalog.

The complete playbook we hand prospective clients in our first conversation — pricing, scope, and how we run an NPA back office without taking a piece of your practice. Yours to keep, free.

  • Full pricing breakdown of all 3 flat-fee monthly tiers — what’s included at each level, who each tier is for, exact monthly and onboarding fees
  • The $4,500 Launch Package — 6 components new NPAs need to open the doors compliant
  • The 30+ fixed-fee project menu (tax strategy, systems builds, advisory, compliance) with up-front prices
  • Side-by-side comparison: Practice Partnership™ vs Generalist CPA vs Equity-taking MSO vs $90K–$150K in-house hire
  • The 8 avoidable mistakes that quietly bleed an NPA — and the exact dollar value attached to each
  • Our promise: where our work ends and yours begins, in writing

Download the Catalog (PDF)

No form. No email gate. Yours immediately.

ABA NPA Service Catalog 2026 cover

12 pages · PDF · Free

A preview · 3 of 8

The avoidable mistakes we catch.

None of them mean you did anything wrong — they mean no one in your corner had seen them before. Three you might recognize:

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Not billing the entire contract

Authorized hours delivered across school, insurance, and regional center — never reconciled to billed and collected.

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A staffing model that can’t survive an audit

Worker classification across RBTs and supervisors is live AB 5 exposure most agencies don’t document until it’s too late.

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Growing straight into the tax wall

Scaling past $500K in profit with no plan — losing half the next dollar to combined state and federal tax.

The other 5 — and the dollar value attached to each — are in the catalog.

See All 8 in the Catalog

Two lanes, one team

You keep the work you trained for. We carry the rest.

Your lane — entirely yours. Clinical assessment and therapy. Hiring and supervising your team. Service delivery and documentation. Relationships with families, schools, and counties. Final say on rates, contracts, and expansion. We never direct, review, or override clinical judgment.

Our lane — off your desk. Accrual bookkeeping and monthly close. ISA billing oversight and receivables. school ISAs, insurance, and regional-center funding tracking. Payroll and supervision-cost modeling. CDE renewal financials. Tax planning and per-program / per-district P&L. Administrative-only structure that protects your license.

The complete division of labor — line by line — is laid out on pages 5 and 6 of the catalog.

Investment

Flat fee. Starting at $1,950/mo.

Three tiers, matched to your annual revenue. No hourly meter, no surprises. For 95% of our clients, the tax savings exceed our fees — making the partnership effectively self-funding.

Foundation

$500K–$1.5M revenue

Growth

$1.5M–$3.5M revenue

CFO

$3.5M–$10M revenue

The exact monthly fee, onboarding investment, and full scope of each tier — plus the $4,500 Launch Package for new NPAs — is detailed on pages 8–11 of the catalog.

See Full Pricing in the Catalog

Not ready for a full partnership?

Take the free NPA Practice Diagnostic.

A 30-minute working session over Zoom. You bring last month’s P&L and one cost-report — we leave you with a written diagnosis of the three biggest cash leaks in your billing and the three highest-impact tax moves available to you this year.

  • Written 1-page diagnosis — yours to keep, even if you don’t engage us
  • Specific dollar value attached to each gap we find
  • Honest verdict on whether the Practice Partnership™ fits your stage
  • Zero sales pressure — we tell you no when we are not the right fit

Limited to 4 NPAs per month

Free 30-min Diagnostic

For California NPA owners running $500K+ in annual revenue.

Reserve Your Slot

No obligation. No catalog required first.

From The Founder

You focus on changing lives. We carry the rest.

I built the Practice Partnership™ because I watched too many California BCBA / BCaBA / RBT owners burn out doing two jobs — the clinical work they trained for, and the cost-report accounting they didn’t. The 12-page catalog lays out exactly how this engagement works, what it costs, and what stays with you. Yours to keep, no email required.

“You did not train for years in clinical practice to become a cost-report accountant. That is what I am here for. Your license, your caseload, your CDE certification — entirely yours. Everything that doesn’t require your license — entirely mine.”

Ronak Bhatt, CPA, MBAManaging Principal · Milestone Certified Public Accountants

Frequently Asked

The questions BCBA / BCaBA / RBT owners ask us.

Do you take equity in my practice like an MSO?
No. The Practice Partnership™ takes zero equity, zero ownership, and zero control. We are administrative and financial only — your license, your caseload, and your CDE certification remain entirely yours.
How much does it actually cost?
Flat-fee monthly engagements starting at $1,950/mo. The exact tier breakdown — what’s included at each level, onboarding investment, and the $4,500 Launch Package for new NPAs — is laid out in detail in the catalog. Download it to see whether your stage and budget fit.
What if I’m under $500K in revenue?
You still deserve real support. We recommend our fixed-fee, project-based services — entity setup, tax strategy, CDE certification, clean books — so you get the help you need now and grow into a monthly partnership when you’re ready.
How fast do you respond?
A 24-hour response guarantee. When an LEA emails you on a Friday, Monday is too late. We staff for the rhythm school-contracted practices actually run on.

Ready to hand off the work that doesn’t need your license to carry?

Start with the catalog. Then a 30-minute conversation about your practice. No pitch.