Articles for Healthcare Professionals

Practice Transition (and Buying/Selling Practices)

Ø       Business Organizations: Choosing Your Business Structure

Ø       Choosing a Lender

Ø       Closing Your Practice - A Checklist

Ø       Common mistakes of practice sellers

Ø       Deadly Sins when Buying a Practice

Ø       Deadly Sins when Selling a Practice

Ø       IRS-1031 Real Estate Exchanges

Ø       Medical Group Formation

Ø       Partnerships Can Be "Timebombs"

Ø       Questions To Ask A New Partner Prospect

Ø       Should I Startup or Buy a Practice?

Ø       Transitions and Succession Planning

Ø       Valuation of Medical Practices (link to IRS website/article)

Ø       What are medical practices selling for these days?

Ø       Why some Practices are Hard to Sell

Practice Value

Ø       Appraisal of Medical Practice Value

Ø       Goodwill Value (FP)

Ø       Medical Practice Value vs Price

Practice Management

Ø       Building Profitability

Ø       Capitation

Ø       Clinic Bonus Systems

Ø       Doctors Opting Out of HMOs into Cash and Concierge Practices

Ø       Get Ready for Managed Care

Ø       How to Choose a Practice Management Consultant

Ø       Marketing Capitated Specialists

Ø       Marketing Elective Care

Ø       Marketing in Yellow Pages

Ø       Marketing Managed Care

Ø       Medical Capitation Income

Ø       NP/PA Pay Rates

Ø       Patient Satisfaction Surveys

Ø       PCP Group Formation Options

Ø       Physician Specialist Marketing and Centers of Excellence

Ø       Rec. Waiting Room Reading

Ø       Reducing Practice Overhead by Expanding Your Schedule

Other

Ø       10 Steps to Containing the Health Care Stress Epidemic

Ø       Anatomy of a Physician Consultant Relationship

Ø       General Articles on Buying & Selling Businesses

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