Physician Services

Engaging meetings can reinvigorate your practice
Nothing is more frustrating to a busy physician than a poorly run meeting. But regular partner meetings facilitate strategic planning, entry into new ventures and votes on key decisions. And staff meetings can help communicate and advance your practice’s mission and goals. By using common sense and some basic rules of meeting management, you can conduct effective meetings that engage partners and employees instead of putting them to sleep. (8/18/2008)

Will healthcare issues affect your vote for president?
Are the views of the voters and the current crop of presidential candidates in line with physicians’ views about where the healthcare industry needs to go? Some candidates are calling for greater governmental involvement. Others want the market to decide. (8/4/2008)

New tax write-offs may stimulate practice updates
The centerpiece of the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 may be the large dose of rebate checks ordered up as a remedy for the economy’s lethargy. But Congress prescribed the new tax law’s real therapeutics for businesses such as your medical practice. Although temporary tax depreciation enhancements have attracted less press coverage than the rebate checks, they may make 2008 the year you decide to significantly update your medical equipment or remodel your practice office. One thing to keep in mind is that you may have to act quickly to take advantage of the new depreciation incentives Congress has approved to stimulate business activity. (7/21/2008)