The grass is always greener. Living in a more tech driven city, I can’t help but sit back and think about the opportunity cost of becoming a physician. Seeing a young tech patient who is making way more money that I am also occasionally has me questioning if medicine is “worth it.”

I constantly hear in my clinic about the young twenty something who is making well into 6 figures.… Read the rest

If you are not automating some part of your day, then you are way behind most other people or practices. Even if you do not own your own practice, you need to be automating as much of your day as possible. Obviously not everything can be automated, but there might be more than you think.

Any routine task that you delegate to anyone else that just needs a functioning brain, should be automated.… Read the rest

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

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

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

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

My practice has grown to the size where I just don’t have enough hours in the day to do everything that needs to get done. I have put off hiring a practice manager as long as possible, but I have finally reached the point where I threw in the towel. I don’t want a practice manager, I need a practice manager.… Read the rest