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Finding the Right Insurance Carrier
My awesome idea for a house call practice couldn’t get off the ground. The malpractice company I had been working with lied to me. I was two weeks away from opening when it told me it doesn’t cover housecalls. I can’t find anyone else willing to cover a housecalls practice. There are so many docs with great ideas that can’t get out of the gate! It is more than upsetting. I think it is awful that well-meaning, altruistic-minded docs are being kept away from patients who need them.
Question: My awesome idea for a house call practice couldn’t get off the ground. The malpractice company I had been working with lied to me. I was two weeks away from opening when it told me it doesn’t cover housecalls. I can’t find anyone else willing to cover a housecalls practice.
There are so many docs with great ideas that can’t get out of the gate! It is more than upsetting. I think it is awful that well-meaning, altruistic-minded docs are being kept away from patients who need them.
Answer: You can try to set up an appointment with various carriers to discuss the details. There are usually custom options. Some, called captive insurance companies, specifically try to find physicians with lower risk profiles; they might work with you.
If I may, try to stop seeing insurance companies as being out to get you. Instead, work with them to come up with a plan to meet your needs. See what their concerns are and come up with a lower-risk way to do what you want.
Asset Protection and Financial Planning
December 6th 2021Asset protection attorney and regular Physicians Practice contributor Ike Devji and Anthony Williams, an investment advisor representative and the founder and president of Mosaic Financial Associates, discuss the impact of COVID-19 on high-earner assets and financial planning, impending tax changes, common asset protection and wealth preservation mistakes high earners make, and more.
Reducing burnout with medical scribes
November 29th 2021Physicians Practice® spoke with Fernando Mendoza, MD, FAAP, FACEP, the founder and CEO of Scrivas, LLC, about the rising rates of reported burnout among physicians and how medical scribes might be able to alleviate some pressures from physicians.
