Synopses & Reviews
After years of school and maybe even after some years of practice, you are ready to do it on your own.
Running a profitable business takes more than just being a great doctor. Start Your Own Medical Practice provides you with the knowledge to be both a great doctor and a successful business owner.
Whether you are looking to open a single practice office or wanting to go into partnership with other colleagues, picking the right location, hiring the right support staff and taking care of all the finances are not easy tasks. With help from Start Your Own Medical Practice, you can be sure you are making the best decisions for success.
Don't let a wrong choice slow down your progress. Find advice to:
--Create a Business Plan
--Manage the Office
--Raise Capital
--Bill Your Patients
--Market Your Practice
--Build a Patient Base
--Prevent Malpractice Suits
--Keep an Eye on the Goal
With checklists, sample letters and doctor's office forms, Start Your Own Medical Practice teaches you all the things they didn't in medical school and gives you the confidence to go out and do it on your own.
Synopsis
"Opening up your own medical practice has many of the same challenges as opening up any small business. However, few professionals view themselves or their practice this way. Start Your Own Medical Practice takes the approach that being on your own makes you a small business owner first and a practicing doctor second.
Targeting the young doctor ready to start his or her own practice, this book identifies all the business components of starting a business geared toward the special needs of a doctor's office. Basic business decisions are covered, from structuring the organization to financing it to actually setting up the office and examination spaces. Specific legal concerns are covered including association memberships, practice specializations and patient development.
This guide to all the things they don't teach in medical school about starting a medical practice will take any doctor from health care provider to savvy businessperson."