1099 Positions in Colorado (5)
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Colorado Springs, CO
PMHNP, Outpatient Psychiatry | Build Your Caseload | Kids 8+ & Adults | Castle Rock, CO
Castle Rock, CO
Remote PMHNP telepsychiatry
Remote, Colorado
PMHNP with CALIFORNIA License
San Antonio, Colorado
PMHNP with CALIFORNIA License
Spring Creek, Colorado
Top Employers
- Rula Health2
- Fitz Ilias1
- Mindful Springs Counseling and Wellness PLLC1
- Spiritually Infused Psychiatry1
1099 Tips
- •Form an LLC or PLLC before signing your first contract
- •Set aside 25-30% of income for quarterly estimated taxes
- •Maintain your own malpractice insurance (occurrence-based)
- •Track all business expenses diligently for tax deductions
- •Work with a healthcare-specialized CPA for tax optimization
Why 1099?
1099 PMHNPs bill an hourly rate above the W-2 equivalent, with significant tax deduction opportunities.
Set your own hours, work with multiple clients, and control your patient volume and caseload.
Deduct business expenses, contribute to a SEP-IRA up to the annual IRS limit, and write off home office and mileage.
Why Choose 1099
1099 Careers in Colorado
Independent contractor psychiatric NP positions
Higher Gross Pay
1099 PMHNPs bill an hourly rate above the W-2 equivalent, with significant tax deduction opportunities.
Schedule Control
Set your own hours, work with multiple clients, and control your patient volume and caseload.
Tax Advantages
Deduct business expenses, contribute to a SEP-IRA up to the annual IRS limit, and write off home office and mileage.
State Insights
Colorado at a Glance
Independent-contractor (1099) PMHNP roles in Colorado carry no benefits and no employer-paid malpractice. Clinicians self-fund quarterly estimated taxes, occurrence-based malpractice, and any LLC or PLLC structure; net take-home depends heavily on those offsets and CO self-employment tax exposure, so the hourly premium over a salaried role is not all margin. Colorado grants full practice authority with independent prescribing and no physician oversight. The 5 active postings reflect a smaller pool of openings for PMHNPs in Colorado.
Colorado PMHNPs practice independently. New prescribers start with provisional prescriptive authority, which becomes full after a 750-hour prescribing mentorship with a physician or an APRN with full prescriptive authority (C.R.S. 12-255-112).