Posted on November 30, 2011 by Editors
Radiation Safety Concerns By Michael Grabell ProPublica, November 1st, 2011, 1:06 pm On Sept. 23rd, 1998, a panel of radiation safety experts gathered at a Hilton hotel in Maryland to evaluate a new device that could detect hidden weapons and contraband. The machine, known as the Secure 1000, beamed X-rays at people to see underneath [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, Ethics, Quality Initiatives | Tagged: Airport X-Ray Scanners, Body Scanners, Bureau of Radiological Health, Health Physics Society, Jill Lipoti, L-3 Communications, Michael Chertoff, Michael Grabell, millimeter-wave machines, ProVision, Radiation Safety Concerns, Rapiscan Systems, Secure 1000, TSA | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 29, 2011 by Editors
Information All Medical Professionals Need to Know By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] As regular ME-P readers know, I held a property and casualty insurance license for more than 15 years; this included homeowners and automobile insurance. It also included malpractice [doctors and medical professionals] and E&O insurance [accountants, financial advisors, attorneys, etc]. [...]
Filed under: Risk Management, Insurance Matters | Tagged: david marcinko, auto insurance, automobile insurance, Allstate, Insurance and Risk Management Strategies for Physicians and Advisors, car insurance, jaguar XJ8-L, State Farm, GEICO | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 29, 2011 by Editors
Living with Ambiguity [Is it Friend or Foe?] By: Robert J. Klosterman CFP® The stock market was down last week and up 291 points today; back and forth, rising and falling the last few years, etc, etc. Whipsaw is the word I’ve heard to describe it lately. And, without a doubt, the question that gets [...]
Filed under: Investing | Tagged: BRIC, Investing, Long-Short, Managed Futures, Market Neutral Funds, Mean Reversion, Mortgage Backed Securities, Private Equity, Robert Klosterman, Stock Market Volatility | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Editors
Doctor Shoppers and Consumers Beware! The holiday season signals the time of year when consumers are often at the highest risk of falling victim to hackers and scammers whose schemes can fool even the most experienced online shoppers. This infographic advises both web merchants and consumers on how to avoid Black Friday and Cyber Monday [...]
Filed under: Information Technology | Tagged: black Friday, cyber monday, e-commerce Hacks and Scams, veracode.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 28, 2011 by Editors
How to Do it Like a Pro Need help getting the best online deals on Cyber Monday? It’s coming up fast, and with these shopping tips for our ME-P readers and subscribers, you’ll be ready for the biggest online shopping day of the year. Best of all, you can learn a few fun facts along [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, Research & Development | Tagged: cyber monday | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 27, 2011 by Editors
On the Business, Gender, Reasons and Procedures According to Wikipedia, plastic surgery is the medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic – as plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery. Source: [...]
Filed under: Career Development | Tagged: hand surgery, http://www.surgicaltechschools.net, microsurgery, plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 27, 2011 by Editors
On Differences and Similarities By David K. Luke; MIM [Investment Advisor] www.NetWorthAdvice.com The difference between internal marketing and external marketing for physicians is that internal marketing is the management strategy of improving satisfaction by making patients aware of the positive differences in the physician’s practice -versus- other modern or traditional alternatives that the doctor might externally use [yellow [...]
Filed under: CMP Program, Marketing & Advertising | Tagged: CMP, david k. luke, external marketing, internal marketing, medical advertising, medical marketing, www.certifiedmedicalplanner.com, www.NetWorthAdvice.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 26, 2011 by Editors
Therapeutically Withdrawing Blood According to Wikipedia, Bloodletting (or blood-letting) is the withdrawal of often little quantities of blood from a patient to cure or prevent illness and disease. Bloodletting was based on an ancient system of medicine in which blood and other bodily fluid were considered to be “humors” the proper balance of which maintained health. [...]
Filed under: Research & Development | Tagged: blood letting, polycythemia vera | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 26, 2011 by Editors
On Doctors and Financial Advisors Saying “Thank You” By ME-P Staff and Reporters [A family of communication and educational companies] www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com www.HealthcareFinancials.com www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com In 1621, our settlers acknowledged a large autumn harvest feast as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. But, it wasn’t until 1863, in the midst of the Civil [...]
Filed under: iMBA, Inc. | Tagged: CMP, thanksgiving, thanksgiving thank you, www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com, www.certifiedmedicalplanner.com, www.healthcarefinancials.com, www.medicalbussinessadvisors.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Editors
AKA Thanksgiving Day By Staff Reporters Did you know that each year since 2004, the Surgeon General has declared Thanksgiving to be National Family History Day? Over the holiday season or at other times when families gather, the Surgeon General encourages Americans to talk about, and to write down, the health problems that seem to [...]
Filed under: Ethics, Practice Management | Tagged: HHS, National Family History Day, surgeon general | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 25, 2011 by Editors
Is it Good for Retailers … but Bad for Doctors! If Black Friday 2011 is anything like 2010, retailers are going to be swimming in cash while shoppers bathe in savings. Black Friday deals drew 212 million shoppers to stores in 2010 and collectively spent $39 billion on products and services. And, the average amount [...]
Filed under: Health Economics, Practice Management | Tagged: black Friday, black Friday retailers | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 24, 2011 by Editors
Thanksgiving Day 2011 As Americans enjoy Thanksgiving and its turkey, stuffing, cranberries, potatoes and pumpkin pies, we’ve compiled the facts and figures about our national holiday, just in time for the beginning of the holiday shopping season. Source: Creditdonkey.com Conclusion And so, your thoughts and comments on this ME-P are appreciated. Feel free to review [...]
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Posted on November 24, 2011 by Editors
A Lay Perspective By David K. Luke MIM [Investment Advisor] www.NetWorthAdvice.com Collaboration within healthcare has sprung from the general body of health communication research. And, there are a number of emerging trends, visible to the lay man or woman, in the patient collaboration arena today. 1. Cross-Discipline Communication Teams One trend is the formation of [...]
Filed under: CMP Program, Practice Management | Tagged: CMP, cross-discipline healthcare communication teams, david k. luke, Health Care Teams, Healthcare Collaboration Trends, www.certifiedmedicalplanner.com, www.NetWorthAdvice.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 23, 2011 by Editors
The Debt Crisis Recently, President Barack H. Obama announced a new plan for student loans and the severe debt it has placed on students. Obviously, more needs to be done, but it’s a start. As you can tell, this infographic illustrates the strategies that President Obama has implemented or improved along with thoughts that go beyond [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Funding Basics | Tagged: Barack H. Obama, college debt, college loans, medical school debt, student debt, student loans | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 23, 2011 by Editors
Even for Medical Professionals? By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ www.CertifiedMedicalPlanner.com [Editor-in-Chief] Beauty seems like enough of a reward in and of itself, but a wealth of research reveals that it comes with extra perks too. Prettier people earn more money, find higher-earning and more attractive spouses, and even get better mortgage deals! And, [...]
Filed under: "Doctors Only", Career Development | Tagged: CMP, David Edward Marcinko, doctor paychecks, Good Looks Lead to Higher Paychecks, higher earners and attractive spouses, physician pay, physician salaries, www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com, www.certifiedmedicalplanner.com | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 22, 2011 by Editors
On the ACGA Support for Tax Initiatives By Children’s Home Society of Florida Foundation A Senate Finance Committee hearing was held on October 18th, 2011 to discuss potential changes in the tax law relating to charitable deductions. Conrad Teitell, volunteer counsel to the American Council on Gift Annuities, prepared a statement for the record that [...]
Filed under: Retirement and Benefits, Taxation | Tagged: ACGA, All-American Charitable IRA Rollover Act of 2012, American Council on Gift Annuities, charitable gift annuity, charitable remainder trust, Conrad Teitell, CRT, Gift Annuities, IRA, QCDs | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 22, 2011 by Editors
About New-Wave Social Media and Medical Marketing By Staff Reporters With social media and healthcare data becoming a focus for many healthcare businesses, hospitals and even medical practices, how are doctors taking advantage of consumer and new-wave patient sentiment? Businesses like clinics and medical practices have more power than ever to start gleaning insights from online [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Advertising, Practice Management | Tagged: bedside manner, empowered patients, health 2.0, medical marketing, patient conversations, patient dialogue, Patient Sentiment, verilogue.com | 5 Comments »
Posted on November 21, 2011 by Editors
The United States of Drug Addicts? By Muhammad Saleem with ME-P Staff Reporters http://muhammadsaleem.com msaleem@gmail.com Example 1: Georgia meth seizure near US record [Augusta Chronicle 12/01/2010] Gwinnett County police seized nearly half a ton of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $44.6 million from a home in Norcross, one of the biggest meth seizures [...]
Filed under: Drugs and Pharma | Tagged: crystal meth, crystal methamphetamine, DEA, Drug Abuse, Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Use, methamphetamine | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 21, 2011 by Editors
Dentists should be furious with Gingrich for commandeering the ADA By D. Kellus Pruitt DDS On This Week roundtable discussion this morning [Sunday], George Will began his comments about Newt Gingrich, now a frontrunner, by saying that he “embodies everything disagreeable about modern Washington.” Dentists should be furious with not only Gingrich, but with our inattentive [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Insurance, Information Technology, Pruitt's Platform | Tagged: ADA, ADA Electronic Health Record Workgroup, Center for Health Transformation, Chicago Tibune, D. Kellus Pruitt, eDRs, George Will, HIPAA, Newt Gingrich, Robert Faiella, Steve Chapman, Susan Meyers, USA Today | 7 Comments »
Posted on November 20, 2011 by Editors
Understanding Two Poplar Political Movements By Staff Reporters This infographic compares the two most popular political movements in the United States: Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party Movement. It debunks several misconceptions surrounding both movements, including the stereotype that OWS protesters are largely lazy, liberal, and jobless -OR- does it? Assessment Is this a [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy | Tagged: barack obama, Herman Cain, Michael Moore, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi, Newt Gingrich, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Tea Party Movement | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 19, 2011 by Editors
Business Education Needed for Physicians and all Medical Colleagues By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] While the doctors consult, the patient dies -English Proverb There are many self-help publications, online resources and management guru’s purporting to impart business information to their physician clients. Within the current managed care climate, economic malaise, and specter [...]
Filed under: Book Reviews, Experts Invited, Glossary Terms, Practice Management | Tagged: Business of Medical Practice, david marcinko, medical practice advisors, medical practice consultants, www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 18, 2011 by Editors
NIHCM Expert Voices in Health Care Policy By James C. Robinson, PhD In this essay, Dr. James Robinson presents results from his latest work showing that the prices hospitals charge to private insurers for 6 common procedures are 30 to 50 percent higher when the hospital is located in a market where it faces less [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Economics | Tagged: Accountable Care Organizations, ACOs, Berkeley Centerfor Health Technology, health care market competition, hospital market competition, hospital prices, hospital profits, James C. Robinson, NIHCM Foundation, NIHCM.org | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 18, 2011 by Editors
A Nationwide Database Review This “Guide to Travel Nursing Jobs” presents data obtained from a nationwide information database of travel nurses including motivational factors in choosing a travel nurse career, age demographics, benefits information, and social media usage. In addition, the guide highlights the salary info for travel RNs as well as a timeline of [...]
Filed under: iMBA, Inc. | Tagged: ANA, locum tenens nurses, Travel Nursing Jobs | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 17, 2011 by Editors
A New Paradigm for Physician Executives By Staff Reporters Thanks to the Internet, medical marketing has evolved over the years. Consumers and patients no longer rely solely on billboards and TV spots — a.k.a. first-generation outbound marketing — to learn about physicians, new products or medical services, because the web has empowered them. This is [...]
Filed under: Marketing & Advertising, Practice Management | Tagged: Health 1.0, health 2.0, health 2.0 collaboration, healthcare marketing, inbound marketing, medical advertsing, medical marketing, outbound marketing | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 17, 2011 by Editors
Letting the White House … Tell Us! By Staff Reporters One of the fundamental things to understand about reducing our national debt is how we accumulated so much in the first place. Assessment To explain the impact various policies have had over the past decade, shifting us from projected surpluses to actual deficits and, as [...]
Filed under: "Ask-an-Advisor", Financial Planning, Taxation | Tagged: national debt, White House | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 16, 2011 by Editors
Protecting Brand-Named Drugs By Marian Wang ProPublica, November, 14th, 2011, 2:41 pm Pharmaceutical companies have sought for years to protect their expensive brand-name drugs by paying generic rivals [1] handsome sums of money to put off efforts to introduce cheaper, generic alternatives that could steal market share. Pay for Delay The controversial practice, known as “pay for [...]
Filed under: Drugs and Pharma | Tagged: big-pharma, Pfizer, Drugs, generic drugs, ProPublica, Marian Wang, ‘Pay for Delay’, lipitor, brand-name drugs, Ranbaxy, pharmacies, Medco Health Solutions, Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 16, 2011 by Editors
A Common Sense Approach By Rick Kahler; MS ChFC CCIM CFP® Someday, the time will come to retire from medical practice and actively earning a living. But, for many newbie physicians, it’s way out there in the future, something to plan for – “someday.” You’re often too busy with your lives, families and professional careers [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Retirement and Benefits | Tagged: Financial Independence for Doctors, Financial Independence Guidelines, retirement planning, Rick Kahler CFP® | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Editors
Paul Child is now the Former CEO of the CR Foundation [An Exclusive ME-P "Breaking" News Event] By D. Kellus Pruitt DDS If you work hard on a righteous pursuit long enough, in spite of what shy people might think of your motives, sometimes you win one for the community. I wish Dr. Paul Child, former CEO [...]
Filed under: Breaking News, Ethics, Pruitt's Platform | Tagged: ADA, CR Foundation, D. Kellus Pruitt, Dr. Gordon Christensen, Leadership Shake-up at the CR Foundation, Paul Child | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2011 by Editors
Important Information for Medical Professionals By Staff Reporters With 62 million Americans governed by HOA’s and $35 billion dollars in operating revenues and growing, HOATown.com thought is was time to bring clarity to the homeowner association with this one-of-a-kind infographic. Assessment In Atlanta, for example, the affluent developments are Country Club of the South, and [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Monthly Reports | Tagged: HOAs, HOATown.com, Home Owner Associations, Homeowner Associations | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 14, 2011 by Editors
With … Data of Course By Dr. Brent A. Metfessel MS Patient satisfaction is a subjective measure of what the patient perceives in terms of the level of service quality and care provided by the clinician. Many health plans consider patient satisfaction an important measure of physician quality. Now, although not a direct measure of [...]
Filed under: Quality Initiatives | Tagged: Agency for Healthcare Quality, AHRQ, Brent A. Metfessel MD, CAHPS® Consortium, How Do Health Plans Measure Patient Satisfaction, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database, patient satisfaction surveys, The Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 14, 2011 by Editors
Would You Continue to Work if Financially Independent? Studs Turkel, in his outstanding book Working, made the comment that work is the mechanism by which many of us get our daily bread and our daily purpose. If this is to be the case, then the modern financial services sector may need a lift to offer [...]
Filed under: "Advisors Only", Career Development, CMP Program, Voting Polls | Tagged: CMP, Financial Services Career Evaluation, www.certifiedmedicalplanner.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 13, 2011 by Editors
Despite the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [PP-ACA] By Staff Reporters Healthcare insurance reform from the Obama Administration – as incremental as it will be on both the Federal Medicare and State Medicaid levels from 2014 to 2018 – forces medical providers to look for more efficient ways to provide services, as well as [...]
Filed under: Healh Law & Policy, Health Economics, Health Insurance, Healthcare Finance | Tagged: ACA, Affordable Care Act., Health Insurance, Obama care, PPACA, Robert Cimasi | 6 Comments »
Posted on November 12, 2011 by Editors
Crowd-Source Your Concept for Grassroots Industry Feedback By Staff Reporters The Medical Executive-Post is proud that our readership is at the very cutting edge of modern innovation. And, we know that many of you have great ideas but don’t always have the time or resources to move them toward realization. Our Community Advantage Through our online [...]
Filed under: "Advisors Only", "Ask-an-Advisor", "Doctors Only", Career Development, Practice Management | Tagged: health 2.0, healthcare business ideas, healthcare innovation, healthcare patents, medical entrepreneur, proof of medical concept | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 11, 2011 by Editors
Not just for Laymen The Debt Consolidation Care Community [DCCC] has developed a financial infographic on the debt settlement process. For the DIYers This interactive infographic helps understand what happens in a DIY debt settlement when the debtor successfully negotiates a reduced payoff amount with a creditor. Reviewing the graphical representation will also help know how [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Funding Basics | Tagged: DCCC, Debt Consolidation Care Community, Debt Settlement Doctors, doctor debtors, Physician Recruitment | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by Editors
Doctors and Medical Professionals, Included The stock market was down 389 points yesterday! With the current state of the economy, depressed housing and jobs market, Americans are cutting back on basic necessities; clothing, healthy nutrition habits and food. Even doctor visits and medical practices are declining; and stress and anxiety are on the rise for [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Health Economics | Tagged: Economy Hurting Americans, financial health, poor economy | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 10, 2011 by Editors
Freshness Also Required By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ By Eugene Schmuckler PhD, MBA www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com Self-Branding in the Modern Eara In 1987 the magazine Fast Company published an article authored by Tom Peters entitled “The Brand Called You.” Although some individuals may shy away from the concept of self-branding in actuality, many of the [...]
Filed under: Media Mentions and PR, Practice Management | Tagged: "The Brand Called You", Branding Management for Physicians, Catherine Kaputa, Content Life Cycle Management for Physicians, David Edward Marcinko, Eugene Schmuckler, Tom Peters, www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Editors
Physically Harmful, Risk Premium Rated — or Not? Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ [Editor-in-Chief] Q: As both a doctor and health insurance agent, back in the day, many patients asked me about the health effects of caffeine consumption; especially malpractice attorneys during my expert witness depositions. Other clients often wondered about how consumption affected their [...]
Filed under: Health Insurance, iMBA, Inc., Insurance Matters | Tagged: caffeine, Dr. David Marcinko, www.freeinsurancequotes.net | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 9, 2011 by Editors
An Evolving Educational Model By Cyndi Laurenti laurenticy@gmail.com Medical education could be driving potential doctors away and damaging those who do go on to practice with long hours, high debt, inconsistent training, and lack of emotional support. Research indicates the current structure of residency programs produces resident physicians who are stressed, sleep-deprived, and prone to [...]
Filed under: Career Development | Tagged: Cyndi Laurenti, IOM, medical career development, medical education, medical residency, medical school | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Editors
About Henry K. “Bud” Hebeler: http://www.analyzenow.com/author.html By Staff Reporters Analyze Now According to their website, the mission of Analyze Now is to disseminate inexpensive retirement planning tools to educate the user about the realities of retirement planning. No Securities Sales Analyze Now does not sell or promote any securities. It produces and distributes planning papers, booklets, [...]
Filed under: Retirement and Benefits | Tagged: Henry K. "Bud" Hebeler, retirement for doctors, Retirement Planning Tools, www.AnalyzeNow.com | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 8, 2011 by Editors
Using Our Free -or- Fee Based Methods Ann Miller RN MHA [Executive-Director] Dear Financial or Investment Advisor, Consultant or Financial Planner Are you looking for added marketing exposure for yourself, your website, or your financial advisory business or financial planning firm? Do you have some area of expertise in the financial planning niche for doctors [...]
Filed under: "Advisors Only", "Ask-an-Advisor", Financial Advisor Listings, Marketing & Advertising | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 7, 2011 by Editors
Why Are People Protesting? Since the Canadian activist group, Adbusters, called for everyone to Occupy Wall Street on September 17th, 2011, millions of people worldwide have joined the movement. Pushing primarily for greater wealth equality in the US, and less corporate influence over the government, the OWS movement is one that aims to lessen the [...]
Filed under: Alerts Sign-Up, Ethics | 4 Comments »
Posted on November 7, 2011 by Editors
The Final Federal Guidelines By Garfunkel Wild PC http://www.garfunkelwild.com The much anticipated final federal regulations on accountable care organizations (ACOs) were published on October 20th, 2011. The Affordable Care Act created ACOs to deliver seamless, high quality care to traditional fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries while reducing the cost of care to those beneficiaries. If successful, ACOs [...]
Filed under: "Doctors Only", Healh Law & Policy, Practice Management | Tagged: ACA, Accountable Care Organizations, ACO final regulations, ACOs, Affordable Care Act., CMS, federally qualified health centers, FQHCs, GarfunkelWild PC, Medicare Shared Savings program | 5 Comments »
Posted on November 6, 2011 by Editors
A New Book by Jim Blankenship By Staff Reporters Who he is Jim Blankenship is a Certified Financial Planner [CFP®], Enrolled Agent [EA] and the owner of Blankenship Financial Planning in Illinois. Link: http://www.bfponline.com/ What he’s done We’ve been following his blog Getting Your Financial Ducks In A Row for some time now. We also [...]
Filed under: Accounting, Book Reviews, Retirement and Benefits, Taxation | Tagged: A Social Security Owner’s Manual, Blankenship Financial Planning, FiGuide, Forbes.com, Jim Blankenship, social security, TheStreet.com | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 6, 2011 by Editors
And … How to Prevent It By Staff Reporter Ashley We’ve written about medical workplace violence and sexual harasment before on the ME-P and in our handbooks and texts. It is an increasingly important issue around the blog-o-sphere and in the real world. Link: http://medicalexecutivepost.com/2008/08/02/risk-management%e2%80%94it%e2%80%99s-not-all-about-medical-malpractice/ This harassment in the workplace Infographic explains through images what [...]
Filed under: Practice Management, Risk Management | Tagged: Sexual Harassment | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Editors
[WHY CHOOSE US?] The MEDICAL EXECUTIVE-POST provides a team of experienced senior level executive physicians, accountants, lawyers, economists, and management consultants led by CEO Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA, CMP™ to provide ongoing contact with our clients throughout all phases of each project, with most of the communications between us and the key client participants [...]
Filed under: "Advisors Only", "Doctors Only", Financial Planning, Practice Management | Tagged: Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA, healthcare consultants, medical executive post, medical practice management consultants | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 5, 2011 by Editors
Despite the Credit Bubble By Staff Reporter Ashley As most all MDs and Financial Advisors are aware, financial aid is one of the determining factors in where students attend college. It could either make or break their dreams. And, we are aware of some students who’ve been blessed with a sufficient amount of financial aid [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning, Funding Basics | Tagged: college credit bubble, college financial aid, financial aid myths | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 4, 2011 by Editors
Will “Private Practitioners” Become Dinosaurs? By Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA CMP™ [Publisher-in-Chief] Yesterday is Past In 2000, we www.MedicalBusinessAdvisors.com reported in the first edition of www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com that nearly 60% of all physicians were practicing independently. But, this business model has changed significantly by 2011. Tomorrow is Future Now, compare that to two years from now, [...]
Filed under: Alerts Sign-Up, Book Reviews, Career Development | Tagged: Accenture, Changing Physician Practice Business Paradigm, david marcinko, private medical practice, www.BusinessofMedicalPractice.com, www.medicalbusinessadvisors.com | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Editors
Not Just for Medical Professionals! Today’s mortgage industry continues to evolve despite the constant market turmoil. But, with President Barack H. Obama’s recent debt ceiling agreement, mortgage rates have significantly declined and the conditions for buying a home have become extremely favorable. So, is now the right [best] time to buy a home? Assessment Source: www.askshah.com [...]
Filed under: Financial Planning | Tagged: debt ceiling agreement, home buying, home mortgages, mortgage industry, mortgage rates | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 3, 2011 by Editors
One Dentist Consultant’s Opinion By Paul L. Child Jr, DMD, CDT CR Foundation 3707 North Canyon Road, Building 7 Provo, UT 84604 Three days ago, I shared the email I sent to Dr. Paul Child and Kathleen Noll concerning their claims that electronic dental records offer dentists a return on investment (ROI). Dr. Child responded [...]
Filed under: Information Technology, Pruitt's Platform | Tagged: CDT, CR Foundation, Darrell Pruitt, dental economics, dental electronic records, DMD, eDRs, HIPAA, Paul L. Child Jr | 10 Comments »
Posted on November 2, 2011 by Editors
Will It Ever Happen? By David K. Luke MIM Investment Advisor www.NetWorthAdvice.com The current structure of the life insurance industry regarding cash-value life insurance policies with most major insurance companies is to reward the selling agent with the entire commission upfront on a newly issued policy. The criticism to this practice is that this of course [...]
Filed under: CMP Program, Insurance Matters | Tagged: AARP, “churning” and “flipping”, cash-value life insurance, Certified Medical Planner™, CMP, david k. luke, Level Life Insurance Commissions, Low Load Insurance Services, Mark Maurer, USAA, www.certifedmedicalplanner.com | 2 Comments »
