For Immediate Release:May 19, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the availability of a draft guidance aimed at increasing the amount of safety information the agency has about the […]
FDA News Release: New FDA Draft Guidance Aims to Increase Safety Information About Dietary Supplement Marketplace
The Physician Shortage, Part Two: Keeping the Doors Open | MEDECO | By Terry Bauer
For concierge medicine physicians, while the pandemic was difficult and demanding, their professional survivability was never in question. May 23, 2022 By Terry Bauer, Terry Bauer is CEO of Specialdocs, a concierge medicine pioneer […]
Ep 445: The Shelf Life of “Being A Little Nice” In Healthcare
What Patients, both current and new, really want when they come to a Doctor’s office is to feel welcome, seen, comfortable, and understood. By The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast, Editor, Concierge Medicine Today […]
EVENT (L.A.): 🚀 RISE OF THE SCIENTIST-CEO | Sun, June 12, 2022 12:00 PM – 10:00 PM PDT
EVENT: The LA at Brazen Summit — the first conference for bio-founders, by bio-founders. REGISTER – Industry/Investor attendees purchase your tickets here! (very limited quantity) Date and time Sun, June 12, 2022 […]
A First Responder In Physician Burnout Is Often A Doctor’s Spouse —
FOR: The Most Overlooked Person In Medicine, A Doctor’s Spouse | Letter from the Editor “Providing insight and ‘handles’ or practical tools Physician’s can use to improve their station in life is […]
New Surgeon General Advisory Sounds Alarm on Health Worker Burnout and Resignation
During Mental Health Awareness Month, Surgeon General’s Advisory Highlights the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health Workers, Who Already Faced Crisis Levels of Burnout Prior to the Pandemic There is a […]
3 Ways to Update Your DPC Business Plan for Higher Sales
Usually when the word strategy is accompanied by the word growth and when it comes up in conversation by practice management consultants and/or your peers, the focus is usually on advertising and […]
FDA Approves First Treatment for Eosinophilic Esophagitis, a Chronic Immune Disorder | FDA News Release
For Immediate Release: May 20, 2022 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Dupixent (dupilumab) to treat eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) in adults and pediatric patients 12 years and older weighing at […]
Hari Prasad: Leveraging the power and convenience of text messaging for your practice | Physicians Practice
Text messaging can make your patients’ waiting room experience less laborious. May 18, 2022 | By Hari Prasad | Physicians Practice Over the past two years, integrating new technology into the waiting […]
Top 10 HSA Questions (Watch)
About Our Guest, Roy Ramthun “Mr. HSA” – President and Founder – Roy is a nationally-recognized expert on Health Savings Accounts and consumer-directed health care issues. He led the U.S. Treasury Department’s […]
DIY DPC: Writing a Membership Medicine Business Plan For Beginners
Disclaimer We are not in the business of offering any type of recommendations, tax, accounting, legal or financial information regarding your specific situation. The writers of this article, the publication, book, references, […]
JOB POST (GA) Position Description for Buckhead Medicine | Primary Care Physician
Atlanta, GA USA For more information about Buckhead Medicine please call the office at 404-257-5585. Please also visit our website at http://www.buckheadmedicine.com SummaryBuckhead Medicine is a concierge medical practice in Atlanta Georgia. […]
(New Podcast Ep 438) DPCJ Spotlight: Meet CEO of Kermit, an analytics platform that delivers insight to the fragmented spend category of physician preference items.
Today our guest is Richard D. Palarea, CEO & Co-founder of Kermit. Learn More at https://www.kermitppi.com/ Kermit is an analytics platform that delivers insight to the fragmented spend category of physician preference […]
Too Many Teams, Too Many Bosses
Workplace | October 19, 2021 | Gallup By Robert Sutton and Ben Wigert When matrixed teams work well, it enhances collaboration, communication, creativity and resource-sharing across the organization. Gallup data also show […]
Healthcare as a customer-facing business.
What Patients, both current and new, really want when they come to a Doctor’s office is to feel welcome, seen, comfortable, and understood. By DPC Journal, Editor-in-Chief, Host, The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast […]
“Ep 443. Satisfied patients are neutral.”
“Remember, if Concierge Medicine is about super-servanthood, the [business] model has NOTHING to apologize for, period.” ~Patient Perspective, 2022 “We haven’t arrived yet, because there’s still a lot of work to do […]
New Ep 444. Meet CourMed, Encouragement From End-to-End In Healthcare.
By The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast, Host, Michael Tetreault Our Special Guest: Derrick L. Miles, the Founder/Chief Executive Officer at CourMed® Our special guest today is discussing one of our favorite topics, ‘encouragement […]
Managing Medical Office Staff: 4 Tips To Improve Attitude
By DPC Journal/Concierge Medicine Today, Editor-In-Chief We cannot tell you how many times we have spoken to a concierge or DPC doctor from a different part of the country that tells us […]
When Patients Feel Cared For, They’ll Share (i.e. Refer) More.
“A business is successful to the extent that it provides a product or service that contributes to happiness in all of its forms.” ~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Originally Written and Recorded By The DPC […]
“Hope is not a process. Hope is not a strategy.” H.S.
Podcast Recommendation, The Trusted Leader Show (Podcast) By David Horsager In this episode, David Horsager sits down with Horst Schulze, Founding Member and Former President and COO of The Ritz Carlton Hotel […]
Inc.com | “Likability Is the Forgotten Superpower”
Especially when you are starting your business — or your career — from scratch. By Jeff Haden, Contributing editor, Inc.@jeff_haden When you’re likable — when you make a genuine personal connection with […]
You’re Invited to CMF22 in Atlanta This October — $99/pp Super Early Bird Conf. Tix Sale Expires May 15
The Industry’s Annual Conference Is Back In Atlanta This Fall, Oct 20-22, 2022 ATLANTA, GA | OCTOBER 20-22, 2022| REGISTER HERE (EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS) Pre-Conference Workshops | Speaker Application | Learn More […]
Ep 443. Are You Looking For Compliments or Feedback?
By Michael Tetreault, Editor-in-Chief | Updated for 2022 About six years ago, I wrote the title of this op/ed and again today I’m revising and updating this article to emphatically state the […]
Market Insights | DPC models holding costs steady, while growing in membership | BenefitsPro.com
Market Insights | Benefits Pro By Scott Wooldridge | May 05, 2022 at 09:47 AM Both employers and providers seem to be more comfortable with direct-primary care model. A new report on […]
(New Podcast) 442. Recovering From Feedback: When Doctors Are Afraid of Asking for Patient Feedback Because They Already Know The Answer
Often we’re all afraid to ask people the awkward, personal questions about ‘how’d you hear about us?’ because we’re afraid of the story they might tell or that it might be embarrassing […]
(Listen) EP 260 | Dr. Stephen Schimpff | Two Sides to Healthcare. One Works Well; One Does Not.
By The DocPreneur Leadership Podcast (Michael Tetreault & Dr. Stephen C Schimpff, MD, MACP) We recently sat down for a very special interview with our good friend Dr. Stephen C Schimpff, MD, […]
DPC Journal Spotlight: Meet Our Friend, “Mr. HSA”
Patient Experience: ‘Despite Physician Shortage, I [the Patient] still have a ton of care options. Less bad is still better than really bad.’
We find Concierge Medicine Doctors are better suited medical offices to be in a position personally, emotionally and professionally to identify these ‘combustion points’ [for Patients] and do something right away in […]
Dementia Diagnosis at End of Life Among Older Adults | JAMA Health Forum
JAMA Health Forum EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE: 11 A.M. (ET), FRIDAY, APRIL 1, 2022 Media advisory: The full study is linked to this news release. This link will provide CMT readers free access […]
Supermajority of U.S. physicians work for health systems or corporations | MEDECO
Source: (Physicians Advocacy Institute) — PAI-Avalere Report on Physician Employment and Practice Acquisition Trends in 2019-2021: Consolidation Continues with Covid-19 Impact April 19, 2022 By Todd Shryock, Medical Economics In the U.S., 74% […]
HHS Office of Inspector General: Anti-Kickback Statute [42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)]
Source: HHS Office of Inspector General Anti-Kickback Statute [42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)] BY HHS Office of Inspector General The AKS is a criminal law that prohibits the knowing and willful payment of […]
Wharton Staff: Excellent Customer Service Always Wins
Author, Knowledge at Wharton Staff | May 2019 If you build a customer-centric business, the money will come. That’s the message in a new book by Horst Schulze, co-founder of luxury hotel […]
Work culture at leading primary care practice celebrates VIP service and better health outcomes.
Women in Medicine: 64.4 Percent of ChenMed Physician Partners are Female Press Release; Source, ChenMed MIAMI, April 4, 2022 — ChenMed, a leading senior-focused primary care practice operating nearly 100 centers in 12 […]
PYMNTS.com: Subscriptions offer affordable ways to access valuable experiences on an ongoing basis that benefit customer and provider, so why not add healthcare to that mix?
By PYMNTS Subscriptions offer affordable ways to access valuable experiences on an ongoing basis that benefit customer and provider, so why not add healthcare to that mix? READ FULL STORY … SOURCE: […]
Lime Global launches digital healthcare subscription to tackle ‘pleasanteeism’ epidemic
Lime Global launches digital healthcare subscription to tackle ‘pleasanteeism’ epidemic Lime OnCall will allow employers to offer tailored, affordable healthcare provision to their entire workforce. The launch comes as research reveals that […]
START UP: Writing a Membership Medicine Business Plan For Beginners
Disclaimer We are not in the business of offering any type of recommendations, tax, accounting, legal or financial information regarding your specific situation. The writers of this article, the publication, book, references, […]
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