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We bring a LOT to the table, but talk talk is cheap. We have to convince others, not our own that we have great training and qualities. All professions have bad apples but we need to weed them out of our profession since we are so small. Guys like the DPM in Pennsylvania who got nabbed in the largest single doctor case of Medicare fraud in history. One DPM and 5.2 million in fraud.
There are great academic seminars out there and you don't have to limit yourself to Podiatric seminars. Go to a vascular seminar, go to an Ortho seminar. Then there are these practice management seminars that don't give a crap about quality of care. It's all about how to make money. Sell the patient all kinds of crap. Bill for braces for "fall prevention" that don't have one valid study confirming that BS. Sell every patient a pair of $500 orthotics. Tell everyone they need your laser to cure fungal nails, thought realistically the results suck.
Be better than those guys and be ethical and do what's best for your patient not your wallet. And if you do that, ultimately your wallet will get heavier. Bring the profession to the next level and don't emulate the guy who had his picture in the paper telling people for that 100th time about the dangers of flip flops.
This profession has afforded me the opportunity to have a beautiful home, nice cars, a nice lifestyle, exotic vacations and paid the college tuition for my kids. And it was all done honestly and providing the best quality care.
So I'm not doom and gloom, but we can't just tell everyone about our skills. We have to prove it with our actions. When I first applied to the hospital I work, I had to fight for the most basic privileges. Now I've "earned" privileges to do any procedure within out scope and have performed surgery on the hospital CEO, ,CMO, chief of anesthesia and a family member of the chief of surgery.
It's because they never once saw me do anything dishonest or unethical in my career and word gets out quickly.
Do the right thing and realize there are a lot of folks overlapping so you have to do it better.
Any plans for a Ford GT now that the kids are out? Just curious.
EDIT: Or at least a 350R?
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