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Thanks Nightngale for the reply, I am a sole proprietorship d/t the taxes and cost of going S Corp. We thought about going S when we were doing shipments through China, and ended up with the sole instead. If I can get this off the ground better, I will go S. RIght now I have 3 facilities wiling to use us, so I guess I am now a VERY small agency, I do have 5 nurses wanting to jump on board though so that is good, the insurance man is supposed to call today to upgrade my policies further. I have made some 'slick' (LOL) brochures, it helps that I have been doing graphic art work and photography now for the past 5years. I guess I am feeling quite lucky now that all of this is falling in place.! TY for all the great info on these posts. Oh, does anyone out there work as an IC through an agency that only deals with IC nurses? I would like to hear feedback about how happy they are to do this. TY Have a great day!

Hi, Thanks for all the posts and sorry for all the typo errors, I get in a hurry and dont recheck! I guess I should clarify myself here, Ok, I have taken all the business Fast Trak classes, 12 weeks with the local college, I have been in business for 11 years in the art world. I am an Rn and my husband is also. I have been working agency to supplement our income, (the art world isnt making it through this economy very well at times and it is nice to have the nursing to fall back on) Ok, here's the deal, I see what the agencies are charging and can see where there is money to be made! Also I see how nice a nurse could and should have it and want to make that happen! I was working at a facility prn(not agency) and they wanted me to take on more hours, they were extremely short, so I contacted the agency I work for and asked what they could do if I got them a contract with this place. They said a bonus and an increase in pay, so I did it. With an exclusion, I can work for them through the agency or through my prn status. Ok, they are really hurting and cant always find help even through agency. I have now quit working anywhere except agency. I found this site , and decided I would like to start an agency, after reading the posts on this site, I decided I cant be an agency, I have all the office equipment and an office, However, I dont want to put my money in for payroll. SO, I decided I could go to these places and offer them contracts like the agencies do , except I would only be doing this for myself and my husband, and select nurses, to get hours at a decent rate of pay and the place would benefit from getting quaranteed help when agreed upon at a slightly lower rate than an agency. I have 3 places willing to do this and I have liablitiy insurance. Im not sure what state org's I have to go through. Now, is this IC nursing? a small agency? or what? LOL Thanks

Can someone explain how I go about doing IC work through an agency? They seem to want you to be an employee with them and not an IC (of course) . I now have 2 places that have contracts through the agency that only want me to work for them and they will go to a different agency if I cant fill the hours. Well that is fine but I keep thinking of how much the agency is making off of me, SO now I have told them I will do the hours for a certain price. They act like it is terrible for me to ask for this, I feel them taking a cut and still getting the hours filled is giving us both money. If I dont do the hours a different agency gets the hours. How do I do an IC through them? the real problem comes in because I have worked at these facilities trough an agency, I cant do IC work throught them unless the facilty is willing to 'buy me'. I have a wierd relationship with this one agency and they are always asking me to get them more contracts, which of course they only pay me a little bonus and a salary increase. I have went up a whole $6 an hour._ --------And now they are trying to get out of paying me that at times by saying" We dont get much for that contract, Come on help us out!" I guess I feel if I can get them contracts, I can go on my own as an IC. I'm just not sure how to approach it through an agency. What do I need besides my own insurance? I have 2 places willing to use me, they want me to fill out an application with them though and then use me a prn staffing, well, if I'm IC do I still need to fill out an application for them or do I use a contract approach like agancies do , they are unfamiliar with IC and dont know for sure how to do it? Thanks for this type of site, I have read most posts and have already learned alot!