#163: Alesia Quante: Creating a 1099 CRNA Success Community

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast speaks with Alesia Quante, CRNA, career coach and educator for aspiring 1099 CRNAs. Alesia talks about her entrepreneurial journey from living on a sailboat and working as a travel nurse to pursuing her career as a CRNA and launching her online course. She highlights the pros of being a 1099 and the associated opportunities and freedom it provides. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The opportunity to become a 1099 CRNA allows flexibility while creating and managing your practice.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a 1099 CRNA, you’re dipping your feet into entrepreneurship. You’re in charge of managing your schedule, billing, taxes, healthcare benefits and setting up your business as an LLC or an S corp.   </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The flexibility in this field is what makes it great. As an independent contractor, you can open an HSA which gives you power over your income.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s a big learning curve when you transition from a W2 to a 1099 CRNA, however, the return on investment is astounding.</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">For example, you can deduct health insurance premiums from your gross income. You can also deduct car payments. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alesia started her 1099 CRNA Freedom Masterclass to help nurses interested in  transitioning into a 1099. </span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alesia was a student in Jason’s Course Creator Academy beta program. She highlights the benefit of the course, including the key components and tools she needed to take her own online beta courses to greater