So, continuing on with my tale of my little business…I left off describing how ExtraMD ( my local locums company) was going to weather these stormy economic times. I have noticed a drastic drop in shift requests. Over the past two years, we have typically had 10 shifts per month unfilled, almost enough for a full [...]
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If only I could get paid for worrying! I was up last night at 1:30 am, worrying about my company, ExtraMD. I formed ExtraMD five years ago, when I left the large hospitalist group I was working for. The hospitalist group was (and still is!) made up of intelligent, caring physicians. I earned a nice [...]
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See the December 29 post and enter your practice’s goals for 2009. Include a plan by which your will achieve the goals. The best plan wins a $15 gift card from Amazon.
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I work with a business coach, aka the EntrepreneurialMD, who is a physician that helps other physicians who want to think outside the box of medicine. She sent me a list of questions to ponder. I have edited them somewhat to tailor them strictly to physicians in medical practice. Following are items to contemplate as you [...]
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Now that I have vented/ranted/opined on the demise of primary care, let’s move to some survival tips. Following are PookieMD’s two fundamental. most important, and most loathsome rules of survival in primary care medicine.
The money is in the numbers.
Time is money.
Yes, you have to see patients to make money, and given today’s reimbursement you have to [...]
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Final Installment on As the Medical Home Turns:
Yes, students, today is the last installment in PookieMD’s dissertion on the ‘Medical Home’. At our last session, we were midway through reviewing the “10 Simple Rules for the 21st Century Health Care System,” rules to guide the redesign of the health care system. These guidelines were put out by [...]
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As promised, I will turn my laser like focus to the task of “fixing” primary care. I will examine both micro and macro ways of doing this, coming up with to do lists that physicians can implement in their practices as well as global suggestions that will take shifts in health care policy. (Which only we [...]
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It was with great interest that I read the Medscape article, “Ancillary Services in Primary Care,” posted today on Medscape Internal Medicine. The author, Leslie R. Kane (okay, I can’t help it but I immediately thought arcane,) goes through several strategies to boost revenues. She investigates botox, dermal fillers, lab/lab draws, holter monitors, laser hair removal, and weight [...]
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