Managing Your Practice
Managing Your Practice
Medical assistants
It makes sense to understand how the use of MAs has changed private medical practice, and how the most effective MAs manage their roles.
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Employment and buyout agreements
These are not negotiations to undertake on your own. Enlist the aid of a consultant or attorney (or both) with ample medical practice experience...
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More practice merger options
When joining any group, read the agreement carefully for any clauses that might infringe on your clinical judgment.
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Merging small practices
A little planning and negotiation can prevent a lot of grief, regret, and legal expenses in the future.
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Selling your practice
My previous column...
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Practice valuation
Too often, physicians are not receiving a fair return on the equity they have worked so hard to build over several decades.
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Should you dismiss that patient?
Contrary to what seems to be the popular opinion, there are no statutory laws that I am aware of that directly apply to patient dismissal, beyond...
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Closing your practice
A paucity of good employees is just one of many reasons given by physicians who have decided to close up shop.
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Embezzlement: It can happen to you
In November, the office manager of a San Antonio dermatology practice was ...
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COVID-19: Can doctors refuse to see unvaccinated patients?
In the end, every private practitioner will have to make his or her own decision on this question.
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Finding employees during a pandemic
I have had job listings for both front- and back-office positions posted on all the major job boards and other employment portals for months.