Episodes

  • Welcome to AMA Thriving in Private Practice

    Welcome to AMA Thriving in Private Practice
    May 12 2022
    Private practices have been under intense pressure for years; the COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the financial strain and highlighted the burdens faced by physician practice owners each day. As a private practice physician, you know you need skills they didn’t teach you in med school to make your practice thrive. The AMA’s Thriving in Private Practice podcast highlights the experience of private practice physicians who know your pain points — like workflow snags and payor audits - and can help you navigate these issues and more. Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform today or visit ama-assn.org/podcasts.
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    2 mins
  • Private practice physicians: how they can focus on their patients and sustain their practice

    Private practice physicians: how they can focus on their patients and sustain their practice
    Jun 9 2022
    In this inaugural episode AMA vice president of healthcare quality, Kathleen Blake, MD, MPH dives into the findings of the AMA-Mathematica qualitative research which informed the AMA’s private practice toolkit and how physicians can implement these vital resources to improve internal business operations, clinical workflow and team culture.
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    30 mins
  • What private practice physicians need to know about prior authorization

    What private practice physicians need to know about prior authorization
    Jun 16 2022
    AMA prior authorization experts Heather McComas and Emily Carroll discuss what private practice physicians need to know about recent changes in prior authorization, including regulations for doctors such as the “gold carding” process in Texas and how the AMA is supporting it. 
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    36 mins
  • Starting your private practice: an entrepreneurial guide to the basics with Daniel Choi, MD

    Starting your private practice: an entrepreneurial guide to the basics with Daniel Choi, MD
    Jun 23 2022
    In this episode, our guest Daniel E. Choi, MD walks through the essential skills and tools you’ll need as an entrepreneur launching your own private practice.  
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    29 mins
  • Becoming your own boss: Transitioning into private practice affiliated with a health system

    Becoming your own boss: Transitioning into private practice affiliated with a health system
    Jun 30 2022
    Our guest, Sonal Patel, MD, of Magnificent Minds Neurology Center, shares her experience moving into a private practice setting affiliated with a health system; what surprised her, how she adapted, and other lessons learned.
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    25 mins
  • Your Practice Checklist: Trends in payor audits and disputes

    Your Practice Checklist: Trends in payor audits and disputes
    Jul 7 2022
    Physician practices are often no strangers to government and commercial payor audits. In this episode with Kathleen Blake, MD, we discuss trends in both Medicare reimbursement audits and commercial payor audits, as well as strategies for audit response.  
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    28 mins
  • Practical steps to reduce burnout and improve joy in private practice

    Practical steps to reduce burnout and improve joy in private practice
    Jul 14 2022
    AMA’s vice president of professional satisfaction Christine Sinsky, MD, joins the conversation to discuss how burnout shows up in private practices, how the AMA is addressing burnout and tools to improve physician well-being. 
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    27 mins
  • Diving right in from residency to private practice

    Diving right in from residency to private practice
    Jul 21 2022
    Guest Carolynn Francavilla Brown, MD, of Green Mountain Partners for Health, discusses the steps she took to start their private practice shortly after residency and how other residents can prepare themselves for private practice setting in the future.  
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    28 mins