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To market, to market! A marketing plan for the next 6 months.
As promised, I would set up a goal for the year, and plan to achieve it. I had earlier noted that business for my company, ExtraMD was down for the first time in five years. My company supplies ph… more →
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Quick…When I Say Salesmen What Comes to Mind?
denniskelley wrote 3 months ago: When I ask most people that question the typical responses are a wrinkle of their nose and words lik … more →
Retailing Winners: Deep Discounters and Used Re-Sellers
David Dirks wrote 10 months ago: We should have seen this one coming. While most of retailing struggles, there are those who are doi … more →
To market, to market! A marketing plan for the next 6 months.
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pookiemd wrote 10 months ago: As promised, I would set up a goal for the year, and plan to achieve it. I had earlier noted that … more →
And the winner is... Dr. Bobb!
pookiemd wrote 10 months ago: In the contest to describe a goal and a plan to meet that goal for a medical practice, Dr. Bobb is t … more →
Staying Afloat in Tough Economic Waters Part 2
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pookiemd wrote 10 months ago: So, continuing on with my tale of my little business…I left off describing how ExtraMD ( my lo … more →
Retailer Strategies: Beating the Big Boxes
David Dirks wrote 11 months ago: A regular reader of our blog, a marketing director of a two-store retail operation, recently sent me … more →
Crash Test Dummy: 5 Signs Your Practice is Failing
pookiemd wrote 11 months ago: Buckle up, partner, it’s time for another PookieMD biz refresher course! This time, it’ … more →
Group Visits: Treadmill Medicine or Meaningful Encounter?
pookiemd wrote 12 months ago: I have been encouraging physicians to explore group visits for a while. Group visits are especially … more →
TightMD Gazette II: 11 More Tips to Tighten the Belt
pookiemd wrote 12 months ago: All right, Dr. Practice Owner, here are more tips to keep you practice’s head above water in t … more →
The TightMD Gazette: More Ways to Save Money in Your Medical Practice
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: So now that we are in the spend, spend, spend season, I thought I would round up some more ways to S … more →
10 Reasons Your Medical Practice is Failing, and How to Fix It
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: As the ExtraMD, PookieMD has seen lots of practices. I have also been asked to evaluate failing pra … more →
Survival Tips for Primary Care: How to Save Money
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: Now that I have vented/ranted/opined on the demise of primary care, let’s move to some surviva … more →
What if Starbucks billed like ICD-10?
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: Ah, yes, ICD-10 is coming! Yes, the new coding system with 10 times more codes than the previous is … more →
Billing for Phone Calls: Acceptable Practice or Reptilian Behavior?
pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: My trusty health insurance, for which I pay handsomely, (yes, I am self-insured) sent me an email ti … more →
Resuscitating Primary Care: Part II
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: All right, pencils out, notebooks at the ready! Quiz to follow! Here is Part II of Resuscitating P … more →
Resuscitating Primary Care, Part I
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: As promised, I will turn my laser like focus to the task of “fixing” primary care. I … more →
Don't Recoil: Marketing Your Practice
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: Yes, we will talk business today. No more fluff on being efficient, knowing where the speculum is, … more →
10 Ways to Waste Money in Primary Care
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pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: Continuing on the primary care waste theme (no, primary care is NOT a waste!), I would like to giv … more →
Ancillary Services as a way to Increase Revenues (?)
pookiemd wrote 1 year ago: It was with great interest that I read the Medscape article, “Ancillary Services in Primary Ca … more →
