Pandemic And its Effect Mentally & Financially on Doctors

Although it is a bit premature to say that we are victorious against COVID-19, the mood is definitely improving where I practice. Patients are becoming happier and less stressed. There are less people yelling at us about masks. The “bad behavior” that we were previously seeing is starting to decrease significantly.

As the dust settles on the past 2 years of chaos, I would like to take a moment to sit back and reflect on the financial effects and the emotional toll that the pandemic has had on doctors.… Read the rest

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Inflation In Medicine and What Future Holds For Doctors

Inflation numbers are in, and they were worse than we all thought. Inflation based on consumer price index was 7.5% for the past 12 months as of January 2022. If you follow the consumer price index, CPI, then you can see that inflation has been on a tear lately.

This has potential to be huge implications for practicing physicians. Spoiler alert, things do not look good.… Read the rest

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Where Have All The Easy Level 3 Visits Gone

Since January 2021, billing rules have changed for CMS (Medicare) and most insurance companies. Billing is now primarily based on time or medical decision making for outpatient clinic visits. Historically there have been 5 levels of care, with level 5 being the most complex visit. Up until 2021, almost all of the codes used for outpatient medicine were level 3 through level 5.… Read the rest

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Breakdown Of Spending For Our Medical Practice 2021

It is expensive to run a medical practice, but have you ever wondered how expensive? At the end of every year, I do a breakdown to see where we might be able to save money. Maybe you’ll find it of some interest.

In an effort to help those of you who are deciding on possibly starting your own practice, let us take a look at my breakdown of where money was spent in 2021 in my practice.… Read the rest

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A List Of Doctors With The Highest Net Worth

Today, we are going to have a little fun. This is meant as a lighthearted post to look at who is financially doing very well as a physician.

We will take a look at the highest net worth doctors that I was able to find. Everyone has a story, and maybe by taking a look at these doctors, we can learn something from these individuals on how they became successful.… Read the rest

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Reasons Why Doctors May Face Future Financial Problems Practicing Medicine

Let us get back to financial aspect of being a physician. My blog is after all called InvestingDoc.

One of the worse investments you can make is wasting time. Arguably, the second worst investment you can make is putting all your eggs into one basket with no back up plan. It can be difficult as a physician not to put all of your eggs in one basket since many of us work 50+ hour weeks at our main job.… Read the rest

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Mistakes To Avoid When Interviewing For a Physician Job

I’ve been trying to hire a new physician to join my practice. I wanted to share some of the bad behavior that we have experienced while interviewing for a physician job posting. Some of this may be self-explanatory or obvious. Other examples below might not be so obvious. Others are just sad or funny.

Below is our list of things that have prevented us from offering a job to a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner to join our practice.… Read the rest

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The Good Parts Of Owning A Medical Practice

Lately I have been a bit negative in my past several posts. Some people have even messaged me to express their concern, asking if I am even happy owning my own practice.

I have used these messages from readers as a bit of a self-reflection moment. My blog has been my attempt to show what it is like to really run a practice that does not make it into a “glamorous” Instagram post pretending that everything is great and there are no downsides.… Read the rest

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