Guest guest Posted May 17, 2006 Report Posted May 17, 2006 ok here goes: med school and yr: temple 1987 but i spent one yr at the small lovely univ of new england college of osteopathic medicnne residency: Maine Dartmouth fellowship UNC Chapel Hill acaedmic fp specialty/type of experience; did some work in adolescent care the yr of the fellowship working at the local mental health hospital on adolescent unit total yrs inpractice; about 18 Low overhead: 1 year worked for 4 yrs at typical q 3 nights call nursing home/Hosp/OB etc hosp. owned practice then few yrs at rural health center then here and there ,and 3 yrs at VA.. 2 breif stints in alaska dillingham and haines Full time- yes 4 long day s a week usual cPTs- dm, obese, uri, htn, obese, htn, htn, tobacco, back pain, htn obese.. staff NONE billing outsourced solo yep .envision a NP/Nurse/ garage taker outer /phone answererer evventually emr WELFORD chart notes . lap top. windows XP laptop :HP ze pavillion ,all in one , plus small printer for scripts only back up daily CDs i burn for the emr, plus Acronis software to full laptop back up q week or so. hard drive and CDs travel with me spouse retired internist disability income small from neuropathy he does the dishes sometimes splits wood does the food shoppping and keeps the lights on a nd the cat fed kids no outside affil; precept very regulalry Maine Dartmouth computer experience; learned to turn one on at rural health center then a littel training here and there to look up labs, then at VA had touse their EMr painful. Now I run my own by practice, calling people with questions , crying ,foot stomping ,and generally painfully increasing my knowledge!(two days ago my desk top disappeared my fault i ithink but I fixed it) Insurance: medicaid about 10% ofpractcie is the goal , medicare. then ONLY some non ppo non hmo blue crosss rural location surrounding the small town with hospital and university branch .Came to live 1/2 hr North to work in health cneter then travelled for work... settled i n the lovely house so finally got this Low overhead practice across from hospital to take advantage of xr and labs etc there.I love my home and land and this si a great town. # exam rooms: 2 . sq foot 206 of exam rooms . Also shared wait room med refig/counter space, bath. draw blood?no clia waived: step test preg test urinalayis microalbumin meds to pharmacy: most are direct faxed from emr. few handed to patient RARE call in. all in one printer lap top. the all in one is a hp 3015 small cheap work horse. admit? nope Hospitalist seamless system x yrs debt- Paid due to past jobs and much moonlighting BUT husband's med school loan not paid MINE was 96,0000. His was more-- big discount when we paid it lump sum and made it a second mortgage onhouse(Interest is now tax dedecutible) overhead about 1200-1600 a month includes rent malpratice phone and phone bk ad plus supplies plus averaged out cost of CMA licenses due. INcome at 1 yr schedule about 3/4 full which is about 8 people a day taking home( must pay health insurance etc and taxes) is about 60,0000 + a year.)There fore at fully filled schedule should be about 80,0000 a year which is my minimaum goal and business plan says I can do more than that as the percentage of medicaid patietns which is now 30% lessens0 Quote
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