When you first decided to pursue a career in medicine, you probably didn’t expect to be spending so much time dealing with the mundane realities of running a business: hiring and evaluating staff, inventory management, taxes and building codes, advertising and marketing, customer service, etc. You presumably didn’t do it because you love dealing with…
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Happy People, Better Results: Getting the Most out of Your Staff
Does your office run like a well-oiled machine? Are doctors and staff alike happy and productive? Do your office manager, administrative support, and medical assistants have the training and support they need to be successful? Or is your team over-stressed, under-trained, confused, and always playing catch-up? The truth is that even very experienced and dedicated…
Benefits of AAPPM Membership for Doctors
As a podiatrist, what are your greatest professional stresses? We’re guessing that if you wrote out a list, a good proportion of the items on it would have nothing to do with medicine, at least not directly. Good medicine is what you trained for! More likely, you’re worried about finances and billing, or compliance regulations,…
Doctors Benefit from Certified Office Managers
To an office manager, the benefits of certification via the AAPPM’s CMOM-Pod (Certified Medical Office Manager—Podiatry) program are probably obvious. But if you’re a podiatrist deciding whether or not to support your executive manager in obtaining certification, you are naturally wondering what the benefits will be for you and your practice. The truth is that…
Join Our Workshop and Add Dermatology to Your Practice
Dermatology is one area of podiatric medicine that provides tremendous opportunities for doctors and practices, as well as for patients. Despite this, it often goes overlooked. We’re aiming to change that! The theme of the AAPPM’s mid-winter conference this year is renewal and reinvention, and what better way to refresh and reinvigorate your practice than…
Benefits of Membership for Office Managers
The AAPPM isn’t just for doctors! They may be the medical experts, but when it comes to the day-to-day challenges of running a practice, they’d be lost without the assistance of their office managers. From check-ins and testing to documentation, scheduling, marketing, and even adherence to protocols and compliance issues, an exceptional office manager can…
CMOM-POD: Our Inaugural Graduates in Their Own Words
Five years ago, Brooke Weaver, one of the instructors for the AAPPM’s CMOM-POD certification course, got her certification as a general medical practice manager. While it was a wonderful program, it was also obvious that, for a podiatry practice manager, there were some big gaps. “There are certain things we do every day that your…
Join Us in Tampa and Renew Your Practice!
Hard to believe it’s been nearly three weeks since San Antonio! We’re still basking in the glow of another great Fall Practice Management Symposium. If you didn’t go, you missed out! In addition to all the great workshops, guest speakers, and amazing offers and deals from our vendors and partners, we’re especially proud to have…
Myths and Facts about Practice Management
John Guiliana, DPM, MS” Collaborative Practice Solutions What are some common practice management myths we’re hearing about in podiatric care? I’ve listed them below and dispelled them with solid facts. Don’t let yourself get hung up on any hype or confusion. Learn the facts and stand firm on them as you’re moving forward into…
The Secrets of Dealing with Difficult Patients Revealed
John N. Evans, DPM Allen Park, MI We all know the feeling. You are having a great day until you look at your patient list, and you see a name that causes your heart to pound. Or, you walk into a treatment room, feel a chill in the air, and immediately a cloud descends around…