The Aminova Blog
How to build & run a modern optimization clinic
Operator-grade guides for peptide, TRT, GLP-1, and longevity clinics — from opening your doors to e-prescribing, compliance, inventory, and growth. Written by the team building the software these clinics run on.
September 2026
2 articlesGLP-1 Clinic Management Software: What It Has to Do
A GLP-1 program is recurring medicine on a monthly clock. The six capabilities the software must run from one record — and the seven-step demo checklist that separates program platforms from booking apps.
Read the guideBariatric EMR: Software for Weight-Management Practices
Bariatric medicine is judged across eighteen months, not one visit. What to require instead of an encounter-shaped EMR: trended records, protocol arcs, GLP-1 workflows and follow-up machinery.
Read the guideAugust 2026
9 articlesWhat It Actually Costs to Open a Cash-Pay Clinic in 2026
The itemised version, with every published figure dated — DEA registration at $888 for three years, LegitScript at $975 plus $2,150 per website per year, and the three line items that are free but get sold to you anyway.
See the numbersHow Long Does It Take to Open a Cash-Pay Clinic?
Sixty to a hundred and twenty days, and the spread is decided by a handful of steps with external clocks. Which have hard lead times, which run in parallel, and the three that most often push a launch date.
See the timelineOutcomes Reporting for Longevity Clinics: Which Metrics Matter
No payer demands quality measures in a cash-pay practice, which is why so much outcomes reporting here is theatre. The four metric families that hold up, the ones that look impressive and mean little, and what has to be captured at the visit.
Read the guideAminova Partners with Corepay for Prescription Payments
We block medication charges on mainstream card processors in code, by default. A block is only defensible if there is somewhere better for the charge to go — so clinics can now connect their own Corepay merchant account from inside Aminova in about a minute, split alongside an existing processor or in full.
Read the announcementThe Best EMR Software for TRT, GLP-1, Peptide & Longevity Clinics in 2026
Eight systems ranked for cash-pay optimization clinics — what each is genuinely best at, and the four questions that actually decide the purchase.
Read the guideWhy Stripe and Square Shut Down GLP-1 and TRT Clinics
It almost never happens on day one. A clinic runs semaglutide or testosterone charges for months, then gets the email: account under review, payouts paused, funds held. Why the terms always said so, what high-risk actually costs, and the two structures that survive it.
Read the guideWhat LegitScript Certification Actually Costs (2026)
$975 per website as a one-time application fee, plus $2,150 per website every year — the single most commonly missed line item when a prescribing clinic budgets for payments. The current schedule, who needs it, and how long it takes.
See the numbersWhich Vendors Will Sign a BAA — A Running List
A maintained table of which common clinic vendors execute a HIPAA business associate agreement and on which tier — plus the four traps, including vendors that market as “HIPAA compliant” without offering one at all.
Check the listCovered Entity or Business Associate? Why Cash-Pay Clinics Get This Wrong
A provider is a covered entity only if it transmits health information electronically in connection with a standard transaction. Many cash-pay clinics assume they qualify and never check — and one eligibility check changes the answer.
Apply the testPrescribing Testosterone by Telehealth in 2026: What EPCS Requires
Testosterone is Schedule III. The DEA flexibility letting you prescribe it by telehealth without a prior in-person exam runs through December 31, 2026 — and the permanent rule has not landed. What EPCS requires, and what to plan for.
Read the guideJuly 2026
16 articlesHow to Track In-Clinic Injections Electronically
Most EHRs have no workflow for the same injection given every week for years, so there's a paper log by the injection chair. What an electronic injection log has to capture — dose, route, site, lot number — and why lot tracking is the part everyone skips.
Read the guideHow to Switch EHR Without Losing Patient Data
What data exports actually cost, the read-only trap that can make your notes unreadable, how records get matched to the right patient, and the one ten-minute check that catches an incomplete export before you go live.
Read the guideBest EHR for Telehealth & Virtual Clinics (2026)
Built-in HIPAA video visits, e-prescribing from the encounter, an AI scribe that drafts the note, memberships, and a white-label patient app — no bolt-on Zoom.
Read the guideWhich Medspa Software Has the Best Features? (2026)
Payments, memberships, treatment plans, consultation forms, booking, reporting and loyalty — what actually separates platforms on each, and the one question underneath them all.
Read the guideJane App Alternatives for Medspas & Medical Aesthetics (2026)
Jane publishes no e-prescribing or EPCS. Here's the exact moment a medspa outgrows it — and an honest account of when staying is the right call.
Read the comparisonCerbo Alternatives for TRT, Peptide & Longevity Clinics (2026)
A costed comparison using each vendor's own published pricing — per-provider versus flat fee, EPCS, dispensing and membership billing, and where Cerbo is still the better call.
Read the comparisonOptiMantra Alternatives for Cash-Pay Optimization Clinics (2026)
What per-seat billing costs as you hire, EPCS as a $38/mo add-on versus included, and an honest account of where OptiMantra remains the cheaper choice.
Read the comparisonBest EHR for Men's Health & Sexual Wellness Clinics (2026)
EPCS for testosterone, reusable TRT/peptide/GLP-1/ED protocols, hormone-panel lab trending, in-house dispensing, memberships, and a branded patient app.
Read the guideBest EHR for IV Therapy & Hydration Clinics (2026)
Drip menus and add-on charting, lot-tracked bag & vitamin inventory, e-signed consents, kiosk intake, memberships and packages, and a branded patient app.
Read the guideWhat the FDA's July 23–24 Peptide Review Means for Your Clinic
The FDA's advisory committee reviews seven peptides — BPC-157, KPV, TB-500, MOTS-C, DSIP, Semax, and Epitalon — for the 503A bulks list on July 23–24. What the vote actually changes for your clinic, and how to stay compliant either way.
Read the analysisThe 2026 Compounding Squeeze: What the FDA's GLP-1 and Peptide Moves Mean for Your Clinic
The FDA is narrowing compounded supply on two fronts — a proposal to keep GLP-1s off the 503B bulks list and a July advisory-committee review of seven peptides. What 503A/503B means for your clinic, and the moves to make now.
Read the analysisAminova vs Healthie vs OptiMantra vs Practice Better (2026)
An honest head-to-head for TRT, peptide, GLP-1 and functional medicine clinics — including where each of the others is genuinely the better choice.
Read the guideBest EMR with EPCS for Controlled Substances (2026)
What 21 CFR 1311 actually requires, why identity proofing and two-factor catch clinics out, and how to test an EPCS claim during a demo.
Read the guideThe Best EMR for Start-up Clinics (2026)
What a brand-new clinic actually needs on day one, what it can safely defer, and what costs a fortune to change later.
Read the guideBest EMR for Solo Practitioners & Small Clinics (2026)
What per-provider pricing really costs a one-person practice, what you can safely skip, and the compliance that does not scale down.
Read the guideBest EHR for Peptide Therapy Clinics (2026)
Compliant e-prescribing, cold-chain lot tracking, cycle protocols, native memberships, and a branded patient app — why Aminova fits peptide clinics better than a general-purpose EHR.
Read the guideBest EHR for Medical Weight Loss & GLP-1 Clinics (2026)
Titration protocols, refill cadence, weigh-in tracking, GLP-1 inventory, and membership billing — the software built for GLP-1 programs, not insurance claims.
Read the guideBest EHR for Functional & Integrative Medicine (2026)
Deep lab trending, supplement dispensing, long-horizon care plans, rich intake, and memberships — the platform functional and integrative clinics actually need.
Read the guideHow to Start a Med Spa (2026)
Twelve to twenty weeks and $60k–$250k, with one structural decision — who owns the medical side — that is far harder to change later than any of the equipment.
Read the guideHow to Start an IV Therapy Clinic (2026)
Lounge or mobile, what it costs, and the two questions the whole model rests on: who orders the infusion, and who is allowed to start the line.
Read the guideRunning Multiple Clinic Locations on One System
The second location is where software chosen for one site stops working. Nine things to require before you sign the second lease, and the two you cannot retrofit.
Read the guideHow to Start a Medical Weight Loss Clinic (2026)
Eight to twelve weeks and $15k–$40k, with two decisions — drug sourcing and payments — that matter more than everything else put together.
Read the guideBest EHR for Wellness and Aesthetics Clinics (2026)
Hormones or weight management on one side, injectables on the other. Eleven requirements, a way to test each in a demo, and five answers that should end the call.
Read the guideBest EHR & Software for Medical Spas (2026)
Memberships and packages, e-sign consents, injectable inventory, real charting, and prescribing — for the medical services med spas are increasingly adding.
Read the guideBest EHR for Longevity & Anti-Aging Clinics (2026)
Longitudinal biomarker trending, multi-modal protocols, concierge memberships, and a retention-driving patient app — built for longevity medicine.
Read the guideJune 2026
2 articlesHow to Start a Peptide Clinic in 2026: The Complete Operator's Guide
Licensing, medical direction, sourcing peptides from a 503A/503B pharmacy, compliant e-prescribing, cold-chain inventory, membership pricing, and the software stack that ties it together — a step-by-step playbook for launching.
Read the guideChoosing an EHR for a TRT or Hormone Clinic: What Actually Matters
EPCS controlled-substance e-prescribing, lab workflows, dispensing, memberships — and a scorecard to run any vendor through.
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