RE: clinic names vs. business names

January 13, 2009

Stew,

Thanks for your posts.

My 2 cents worth of info:

It doesn’t make a difference what

name pts use on the check – I have a stamp for ‘Pinnacle Family

Medicine’, but some people write it out to ‘Dr. Eads’

or the like. The bank doesn’t care.

You can have a company name, like "

Mones MD LLC " and then be ‘doing business as’

(dba) another name, like ‘One Family Doctor’. I believe

you do need to fill out some form of legal business registration form, with

your state, with this info.

A. Eads, M.D.

Pinnacle Family Medicine, PLLC

phone fax

P.O.

Box 7275

Woodland

Park, CO 80863

www.PinnacleFamilyMedicine.com

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of stewmones@...

Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009

8:42 AM

To:

Subject:

clinic names vs. business names

I'm trying to decide whether to give my new IMP a

catchy name, but I already have created my LLC, " Mones MD

LLC " - and have been billing under this for years. It would be nice to

have a name of the clinic, so I can write warm invitations, like

" Heartside Family Practice is in a comfortable home-like setting. "

Sounds better than " come to my clinic " , or " visit Mones

MD LLC today. "

But how do you all do it? Which is the business name and what are the rules

here. Does it get confusing when patients write out a check to the wrong

entity.

I checked out some of your websites to figure this out and couldn't. ,

(don't mean to pick on you), was one example. The name is awesome - " One

Family Doctor " . But which is the business? Haresch MD?, or One Family

Doctor? What information needs to be available, and where?

--

Stew Mones MD

Family Medicine

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

A Practice in Healing Modern Medicine

Eugene, Oregon

-------------- Original message ----------------------

From: " Haresch " <newfloc>

> Yes. A long, expensive highway...

>

> > > >

> > > > Hi IMPs.

> > > > so umm The UNC Chapel Hill where I did a faculty

development

> > > fellowship

> > > > has umm this 30 th annivesary shindig happening and umm so

I

> > > submitted an

> > > > abstract ( they wanted innovation ! Offce practice

innovation!) on

> > > err my

> > > > favorite topic IdealMEdicalPRactices

> > > > But now they uhh want me to *be *there for a 15min

presenttion

> > > MArch 7

> > > > well uhh no can do...

> > > >

> > > > Will be taking a vacation ( remember those? those are what

you take

> > > > when you have money which is rare in primary care) and will

be on a

> > > > plane.. Can anyone go to Chapel HIll

fo rme??

> > > > I bet there is free food I will tell you what to say....

> > > >

> > > > .

> > > >

> > > > --

> > > > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a

reply by

> email/

> > > > please note the new email address.

> > > > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/

> > > >

MD

> > > >

> > > > Farmington

ME 04938

> > > > ph fax

> > > >

> > >

> >

> > --

> > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply by

email/

> > please note the new email address.

> > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/

> > MD

> >

> > ph fax

> >

>

January 13, 2009

I had my business band account at my credit union. They

recently decided to stop doing business accounts and so removed my DBA (Doing

Business As) from the account, so checks have to be made out to my name

now (until I decide to start paying fees for an account at another bank).

I did have a stamp made for the back of the checks:

For Deposit Only

OCTFCU Account #___________

Renaissance Family Medicine

Sharon McCoy , MD

This seems to help let some checks slip by that are made out to

the practice and is helpful in any case.

Sharon

Sharon McCoy , MD

Renaissance Family Medicine

10 McClintock Court, Irvine, CA 92617

Phone: ; Fax:

Email: SharonMD@...

website: www.SharonMD.com

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of stewmones@...

Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 7:42 AM

To:

Subject: clinic names vs. business names

I'm trying to decide whether to give my new IMP

a catchy name, but I already have created my LLC, " Mones MD

LLC " - and have been billing under this for years. It would be nice to

have a name of the clinic, so I can write warm invitations, like " Heartside

Family Practice is in a comfortable home-like setting. " Sounds better than

" come to my clinic " , or " visit Mones MD LLC today. "

But how do you all do it? Which is the business name and what are the rules

here. Does it get confusing when patients write out a check to the wrong

entity.

I checked out some of your websites to figure this out and couldn't. ,

(don't mean to pick on you), was one example. The name is awesome - " One

Family Doctor " . But which is the business? Haresch MD?, or One Family

Doctor? What information needs to be available, and where?

--

Stew Mones MD

Family Medicine

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

A Practice in Healing Modern Medicine

Eugene, Oregon

-------------- Original message ----------------------

> Yes. A long, expensive highway...

>

> > > >

> > > > Hi IMPs.

> > > > so umm The UNC Chapel Hill where I did a faculty

development

> > > fellowship

> > > > has umm this 30 th annivesary shindig happening and umm so

I

> > > submitted an

> > > > abstract ( they wanted innovation ! Offce practice

innovation!) on

> > > err my

> > > > favorite topic IdealMEdicalPRactices

> > > > But now they uhh want me to *be *there for a 15min

presenttion

> > > MArch 7

> > > > well uhh no can do...

> > > >

> > > > Will be taking a vacation ( remember those? those are what

you take

> > > > when you have money which is rare in primary care) and will

be on a

> > > > plane.. Can anyone go to Chapel HIll fo rme??

> > > > I bet there is free food I will tell you what to say....

> > > >

> > > > .

> > > >

> > > > --

> > > > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a

reply by

> email/

> > > > please note the new email address.

> > > > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/

> > > > MD

> > > >

> > > > ph fax

> > > >

> > >

> >

> > --

> > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply by

email/

> > please note the new email address.

> > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/

> > MD

> >

> > ph fax

> >

>

January 13, 2009

My corporate name is Lawrence Lindeman MD SC but my office name is Roscoe Village Family Medicine. Patients can make their checks to either. Larry Lindeman MDRoscoe Village Family Medicine2255 W. RoscoeChicago, Illinois 60618 I'm trying to decide whether to give my new IMP a catchy name, but I already have created my LLC, " Mones MD LLC" - and have been billing under this for years. It would be nice to have a name of the clinic, so I can write warm invitations, like "Heartside Family Practice is in a comfortable home-like setting." Sounds better than "come to my clinic", or "visit Mones MD LLC today."But how do you all do it? Which is the business name and what are the rules here. Does it get confusing when patients write out a check to the wrong entity. I checked out some of your websites to figure this out and couldn't. , (don't mean to pick on you), was one example. The name is awesome - "One Family Doctor". But which is the business? Haresch MD?, or One Family Doctor? What information needs to be available, and where?--Stew Mones MDFamily MedicineHospice and Palliative MedicineA Practice in Healing Modern MedicineEugene, Oregon-------------- Original message ----------------------From: " Haresch" <newfloc>> Yes. A long, expensive highway...> > > > >> > > Hi IMPs.> > > so umm The UNC Chapel Hill where I did a faculty development> > fellowship> > > has umm this 30 th annivesary shindig happening and umm so I> > submitted an> > > abstract ( they wanted innovation ! Offce practice innovation!) on> > err my> > > favorite topic IdealMEdicalPRactices> > > But now they uhh want me to *be *there for a 15min presenttion> > MArch 7> > > well uhh no can do...> > >> > > Will be taking a vacation ( remember those? those are what you take> > > when you have money which is rare in primary care) and will be on a> > > plane.. Can anyone go to Chapel HIll fo rme??> > > I bet there is free food I will tell you what to say....> > >> > > .> > >> > > --> > > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply byemail/> > > please note the new email address.> > > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/> > > MD> > > > > > > > > ph fax > > >> >> > > >> > > > -- > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply by email/> please note the new email address.> Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/> MD> > > ph fax >

January 13, 2009

Varying responses have been provoked by the question 'to whom should I make out the check'If I am in a hurry I grab it and say oh i'll stamp that for youIf I am dawdling I explain they can do it my DBA name, or my legal name or really any name at all(North Kingstown Family Practice) or lynn ho md inc or just dr hoSometimes as an experiment, I have had my patients make out the copay checks to 'mickey mouse'In a stack of many checks, the bank has always taken itLynnTo: From: llindeman@...Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:43:36 -0600Subject: Re: clinic names vs. business names

My corporate name is Lawrence Lindeman MD SC but my office name is Roscoe Village Family Medicine. Patients can make their checks to either. Larry Lindeman MDRoscoe Village Family Medicine2255 W. RoscoeChicago, Illinois 60618 On Jan 13, 2009, at 9:42 AM, stewmonescomcast (DOT) net wrote:I'm trying to decide whether to give my new IMP a catchy name, but I already have created my LLC, " Mones MD LLC" - and have been billing under this for years. It would be nice to have a name of the clinic, so I can write warm invitations, like "Heartside Family Practice is in a comfortable home-like setting." Sounds better than "come to my clinic", or "visit Mones MD LLC today."But how do you all do it? Which is the business name and what are the rules here. Does it get confusing when patients write out a check to the wrong entity. I checked out some of your websites to figure this out and couldn't. , (don't mean to pick on you), was one example. The name is awesome - "One Family Doctor". But which is the business? Haresch MD?, or One Family Doctor? What information needs to be available, and where?--Stew Mones MDFamily MedicineHospice and Palliative MedicineA Practice in Healing Modern MedicineEugene, Oregon-------------- Original message ----------------------From: " Haresch" <newfloc>> Yes. A long, expensive highway...> > > > >> > > Hi IMPs.> > > so umm The UNC Chapel Hill where I did a faculty development> > fellowship> > > has umm this 30 th annivesary shindig happening and umm so I> > submitted an> > > abstract ( they wanted innovation ! Offce practice innovation!) on> > err my> > > favorite topic IdealMEdicalPRactices> > > But now they uhh want me to *be *there for a 15min presenttion> > MArch 7> > > well uhh no can do...> > >> > > Will be taking a vacation ( remember those? those are what you take> > > when you have money which is rare in primary care) and will be on a> > > plane.. Can anyone go to Chapel HIll fo rme??> > > I bet there is free food I will tell you what to say....> > >> > > .> > >> > > --> > > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply byemail/> > > please note the new email address.> > > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/> > > MD> > > > > > > > > ph fax > > >> >> > > >> > > > -- > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply by email/> please note the new email address.> Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/> MD> > > ph fax >

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January 13, 2009

Thanks. That clears things up for me.

Re: clinic names vs. business names

I agree with . Banks don't care to whom the check is made out. My

business is C. Schulman, M.D., Inc. but I got a fictitious name

permit from the state for Encinitas Personal Healthcare and registered this

name with the county so at times I list it as Encinitas Personal Healthcare,

Inc.

Marty

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Eads <

michelle.eads@...> wrote:

> Stew,

>

> Thanks for your posts.

>

> My 2 cents worth of info:

>

> It doesn't make a difference what name pts use on the check – I have a

> stamp for 'Pinnacle Family Medicine', but some people write it out to 'Dr

January 13, 2009

so did you endorse it as Mickey mouse payable to Lynn Ho?MIckey is a patient here. I have him on my sample scedhule for otalgia.

Varying responses have been provoked by the question 'to whom should I make out the check'If I am in a hurry I grab it and say oh i'll stamp that for youIf I am dawdling I explain they can do it my DBA name, or my legal name or really any name at all

(North Kingstown Family Practice) or lynn ho md inc or just dr hoSometimes as an experiment, I have had my patients make out the copay checks to 'mickey mouse'In a stack of many checks, the bank has always taken it

LynnTo: From: llindeman@...Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:43:36 -0600

Subject: Re: clinic names vs. business names

My corporate name is Lawrence Lindeman MD SC but my office name is Roscoe Village Family Medicine. Patients can make their checks to either.

Larry Lindeman MDRoscoe Village Family Medicine2255 W. RoscoeChicago, Illinois 60618

I'm trying to decide whether to give my new IMP a catchy name, but I already have created my LLC, " Mones MD LLC " - and have been billing under this for years. It would be nice to have a name of the clinic, so I can write warm invitations, like " Heartside Family Practice is in a comfortable home-like setting. " Sounds better than " come to my clinic " , or " visit Mones MD LLC today. "

But how do you all do it? Which is the business name and what are the rules here. Does it get confusing when patients write out a check to the wrong entity. I checked out some of your websites to figure this out and couldn't. , (don't mean to pick on you), was one example. The name is awesome - " One Family Doctor " . But which is the business? Haresch MD?, or One Family Doctor? What information needs to be available, and where?

--Stew Mones MDFamily MedicineHospice and Palliative MedicineA Practice in Healing Modern MedicineEugene, Oregon-------------- Original message ----------------------

> Yes. A long, expensive highway...> > > > >> > > Hi IMPs.> > > so umm The UNC Chapel Hill where I did a faculty development> > fellowship

> > > has umm this 30 th annivesary shindig happening and umm so I> > submitted an> > > abstract ( they wanted innovation ! Offce practice innovation!) on> > err my> > > favorite topic IdealMEdicalPRactices

> > > But now they uhh want me to *be *there for a 15min presenttion> > MArch 7> > > well uhh no can do...> > >> > > Will be taking a vacation ( remember those? those are what you take

> > > when you have money which is rare in primary care) and will be on a> > > plane.. Can anyone go to Chapel HIll fo rme??> > > I bet there is free food I will tell you what to say....

> > >> > > .> > >> > > --> > > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply byemail/> > > please note the new email address.

> > > Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/> > > MD> > > > > > > > > ph fax

> > >> >> > > >> > > > -- > If you are a patient please allow up to 24 hours for a reply by email/

> please note the new email address.> Remember that e-mail may not be entirely secure/> MD> > > ph fax

>

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January 13, 2009

Thanks. That clears things up for me.

Re: clinic names vs. business names

I agree with . Banks don't care to whom the check is made out. My

business is C. Schulman, M.D., Inc. but I got a fictitious name

permit from the state for Encinitas Personal Healthcare and registered this

name with the county so at times I list it as Encinitas Personal Healthcare,

Inc.

Marty

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Eads <

michelle.eads@...> wrote:

> Stew,

>

> Thanks for your posts.

>

> My 2 cents worth of info:

>

> It doesn't make a difference what name pts use on the check – I have a

> stamp for 'Pinnacle Family Medicine', but some people write it out to 'Dr

January 13, 2009

nope, just stamped it and shoved it in the pileI don't think the banks look at those checks at allfor example, I sent my rent check by mistake to an insurance company (somewhere in the midwest)2 months later I got a check back from them - they had cashed it for $1066.67!! and cut me another to return the money, saying ''addressee was unknown" - of course! it was made out to the lab that owns the office I rent!I dont know how I did that but no one is really looking.have also had the practice across the way cash my checks from the insurance company and then write me a check when they realized it.To: From: jnantonucci@...Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:54:38 -0500Subject: Re: clinic names vs. business names

so did you endorse it as Mickey mouse payable to Lynn Ho?MIckey is a patient here. I have him on my sample scedhule for otalgia.On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Lynn Ho <lynnhrihotmail> wrote:

Varying responses have been provoked by the question 'to whom should I make out the check'If I am in a hurry I grab it and say oh i'll stamp that for youIf I am dawdling I explain they can do it my DBA name, or my legal name or really any name at all

(North Kingstown Family Practice) or lynn ho md inc or just dr hoSometimes as an experiment, I have had my patients make out the copay checks to 'mickey mouse'In a stack of many checks, the bank has always taken it

LynnTo: From: llindemanmacDate: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:43:36 -0600

Subject: Re: clinic names vs. business names

My corporate name is Lawrence Lindeman MD SC but my office name is Roscoe Village Family Medicine. Patients can make their checks to either.

Larry Lindeman MDRoscoe Village Family Medicine2255 W. RoscoeChicago, Illinois 60618 On Jan 13, 2009, at 9:42 AM, stewmonescomcast (DOT) net wrote:

I'm trying to decide whether to give my new IMP a catchy name, but I already have created my LLC, " Mones MD LLC" - and have been billing under this for years. It would be nice to have a name of the clinic, so I can write warm invitations, like "Heartside Family Practice is in a comfortable home-like setting." Sounds better than "come to my clinic", or "visit Mones MD LLC today."

But how do you all do it? Which is the business name and what are the rules here. Does it get confusing when patients write out a check to the wrong entity. I checked out some of your websites to figure this out and couldn't. , (don't mean to pick on you), was one example. The name is awesome - "One Family Doctor". But which is the business? Haresch MD?, or One Family Doctor? What information needs to be available, and where?

--Stew Mones MDFamily MedicineHospice and Palliative MedicineA Practice in Healing Modern MedicineEugene, Oregon-------------- Original message ----------------------From: " Haresch" <newfloc>