Who Answers the Phone at Your Medical Office Matters—A Lot
Hell hath no fury like a dental patient scorned. One recent news flash: A woman in Lincoln County accused of slashing tires on 18 vehicles outside a dentist’s office has been arrested and charged, Lincolnton Police confirmed with Queen City News on Tuesday. Officers responded … Read more
A Deal is a Deal
Senator Ron Johnson’s April 23rd op-ed was a buzzkill. Even if it has zero chance of being implemented into law. More on that shortly. Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past two months, the federal government launched the largest economic stimulus package in history … Read more
Doctors, Divorce, and COVID-19
“I think it’s not fair, it’s cruel to ask me to choose between my child and the oath I took as a physician,” Dr. Theresa Greene said. “I won’t abandon my team at work or the patients who will increasingly look to me to save … Read more
COVID-19: Want to Help Via Telemedicine? You’re Immune
I’ve received a number of calls from doctors whose offices have slowed down. Elective cases have been cancelled. But these same doctors have years of experience. They want to help screen and inform patients about COVID-19. There’s a tsunami of misinformation circulating online about COVID-19. … Read more
Asset Protection and Wealth Creation for Doctors – Protect Your Nest Egg from COVID-19 with Medical Justice and the OJM Group
Before we begin, a special offer to all podcast listeners: The OJM Group has published multiple books that address wealth creation and asset protection strategies for doctors. All of their publications are diamonds. Their most recent publication – Wealth Planning for the Modern Physician – Residency … Read more
The Nation’s Largest Clinical Trial Ever. Let’s Roll.
Years ago, as a medical student, I volunteered for select medical experiments. These included vaccine trials for hepatitis B. and meningococcus. I even participated in a vaccine trial for “turista”, traveler’s diarrhea. For the capstone of that trial, I spent the weekend in a clinical … Read more
Terminating a Doctor Patient Relationship: Strategies for Safely Terminating the Relationship
A practice recently called us. They asked if they had to see a patient who just tried to schedule an appointment. The rub: the last time they saw this patient was five years ago. They wanted to know if enough time had lapsed to declare … Read more
Complacency or Crisis?
In America, we seem operate to under two modes – complacency or crisis. Not much in between. Everything’s OK until it’s not. Then we convene after the fact commissions to point fingers and prevent the same problem we missed. Remember the Rogers Commission to analyze … Read more
Pandemic, Elective Care, Urgent Care, and Informed Consent
As I write this, we are reading in the news about potential quarantines and lockdowns. In addition, there’s talk about canceling all elective surgical cases, leaving hospital operating rooms empty so beds will be available to take care of those affected by COVID-19.Have all elective … Read more
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished – Chapter 10 to the 82nd Power: Adventures with TCPA
There are reportedly 1082 atoms in the universe. I have no idea how that estimate was made. To me, there are an equal number of stories of people/entities who try to do the right thing, only to later get burned. Like CVS Pharmacy. “A federal … Read more
Yale Refuses to Respect Its Older Physicians. EEOC Whacks Yale.
visit our booking page to schedule a consultation – or use the tool shared below. The Bible provides sage advice on honoring the elderly. Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days. Do not rebuke an older man, but encourage him as … Read more
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