MPT Podcast 37 – Saving Money on Medical Practice Office Expenses, from 101 Ideas to Increase Revenue & Decrease Costs – Part 4, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley shares more of her many suggestions for increasing profit for your medical practice. This Issue (8:29): Are the Yellow Pages an expensive dinosaur? Could […]
Although most of us in medicine know the struggles of running a private practice, it is still disconcerting – albeit not surprising – to hear that some doctors are having to file for bankruptcy. In an article on CNNMoney.com, some physicians talk about having to get business loans or use personal funds to keep their […]
Guest Post, John T. Kihm MD Myths abound concerning concierge medicine (CM). Unfortunately these myths prevent good doctors from converting their practices to CM. Let’s look at those myths—maybe you need to work on yourself and your own beliefs. If you practice quality medicine your patients will value you and your work and will pay […]
MPT Podcast 33 – 101 Ideas to Increase Revenue and Decrease Costs, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley shares some of her many suggestions for improving your practice’s bottom line. This Issue (10:42): Does it really pay to work harder? Should your practice have a minimum-number-of-physicians policy? Do doctors take too much […]
With looming reimbursement cuts a perpetual end-of-year drama, more physicians are foregoing insurance plans altogether and going into the ‘concierge medicine’ business. But as an article on Fierce EMR reports, some are blaming this trend on a growing shortage of physicians. In Vermont, one of a few states considering a single-payer system, the number of […]
This video from the Texas Medical Association shows us the Medicare reimbursement issue from a child’s perspective. Grandma and the Big Bad SGR! A huge Medicare cut looms for doctors and Medicare patients. Who might that affect? People like grandma – and those who love her, as the child in this video shows. Unless Congress […]
In his book Concierge Medicine, Stephen D. Knope MD discusses the six myths of concierge medicine: Concierge Medicine is just for the wealthy. This is no longer true, he believes. “The cost of concierge medicine depends upon the services that are offered by the individual doctor…. and range from $1,500 per year to $15,000 per […]
MPT Podcast 22 – Is a Concierge Practice Model Right for You? with guest Mike Meikle, Hawkthorne Group. This Issue (3:29): What is a direct pay reimbursement model? Who typically opts out of insurance reimbursements? What motivates physicians to change to a ‘concierge’ practice model? Right-click to download
