Full Independence for Nurse Practitioners Expand Scope and Delivery Opportunities On Monday, August 31, 2020, the California state legislature adopted a bill, AB890, to grant nurse practitioners in the state more independence. Controversy about this topic has been going on for some time and, like other proposed healthcare system changes,…
After ten years of working on practice transitions for dentists, physicians, and other healthcare providers, I’ve learned quite a bit about why deals succeed and where they fail. I’ve witnessed doctors, prepared with a team of consultants, still, fail to get to the finish line. So what is the difference…
Walgreens recently announced that it will be the first national pharmacy chain to enter the primary care market on full-scale. Partnering with VillageMD, the pharmacy chain will open 500-700 full-service primary care clinics in more than 30 U.S. markets during the next five years. It is likely that the partnership…
The Key Features of the Corporate Practice of Optometry in California In California, forming and practicing as a professional optometry corporation may provide legal advantages over practicing as a sole proprietor or optometry partnership. However, incorporating a professional corporation is a tricky procedure, requiring strict compliance with state and federal…
The Key Features of the Corporate Practice of Medicine in California In California, forming and practicing as a professional medical corporation may provide legal advantages over practicing as a sole proprietor or medical partnership. However, incorporating a professional corporation is a tricky procedure, requiring strict compliance with state and federal…
The Key Features of the Corporate Practice of Dentistry in California In California, forming and practicing as a professional dental corporation may provide legal advantages over practicing as a sole proprietor or dental partnership. However, incorporating a professional corporation is a tricky procedure, requiring strict compliance with state and federal…
Tom Sullivan, editor of the Government Health IT reports: “While 90 percent of healthcare CIOs view IT innovation as critical to success, the more surprising statistic is that fewer than one-fourth consider their existing infrastructure capable of supporting such technological advancement. That’s according to a report from MeriTalk, published Monday,…
From Sarah Kliff of the Washington Post’s Health Reform Watch: “A year ago, the Affordable Care Act starred front and center as the most-anticipated Supreme Court decision that session. This session, two rulings on same-sex unions took the spotlight: In one, the high court decided Wednesday to overturn the Defense…
Click Here to Print or Download Article Starting your own dental or medical practice will require as many decisions about the business of medicine as it does the practice of medicine. Making the wrong decisions from the outset will not only result in wasted time and expense to repair your…
Scenario: A dentist-client (Dentist A) was recently approached by another dentist (Dentist B) to discuss the referral of new patients to Dentist A’s practice. Dentist B wanted a commission or referral fee on each patient referred to Dental A’s practice by Dentist B. Dentist A declined the offer, believing that…
