Physician NonClinical Careers with John Jurica – Details, episodes & analysis

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In this week’s episode, Dr. Nicole Rochester returns to the podcast. It’s been 5 years since she described how she was inspired to create her health navigation consulting business. Since then she has expanded her business and is now working with healthcare organizations to provide her services. She is also teaching other physicians to create their own consulting businesses.

Dr. Nicole Rochester obtained her undergraduate degree from Johns Hopkins University and her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the George Washington University School of Medicine.

During today’s interview, Nicole describes why she began working as a coach and consultant for patients with complex medical problems who needed help making decisions and navigating their healthcare journey. She also explains how she began providing these services on behalf of large health systems and hospitals, which is a much more sustainable model. She also shares her ideas for other healthcare coaching and consulting businesses to use a similar strategy.

Finally, she invites physicians to contact her about learning to be a healthcare navigator by joining her group training program. All of her resources can be found at yourgpsdoc.com.

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In this week’s podcast episode, John addresses this question: Even if I’m burned out and frustrated, are there ways to stay in clinical medicine while achieving balance, satisfaction, and enjoyment? During this presentation, he discusses the following 5 options for remaining in clinical practice.

Take another stab at addressing the circumstances leading to dissatisfaction by aggressively renegotiating your employment contract. Review your contract and identify the major issues causing your frustration. Develop a strategy for renegotiating those issues with your attorney. These typically involve vacation time and covering for others’ vacations, work hours, salary, restrictive covenants, and inadequate pay for collaborating with midlevel providers.

If you’re looking for a new job, consider engaging an agent to represent you in contract negotiations with a new employer, often at no cost to you.

Start a new practice or join one that does not bill insurance companies. Direct Primary Care and Concierge practices, and narrow-focused practices often enable the physicians to work on cash-only, fee-for-service, or membership models, and to create a better lifestyle and income.

Almost any of us could start or transition to a narrow focused practice. John’s colleague was a full-time general pediatrician who transitioned to caring solely for patients with attention deficit disorder. He uses standard protocols for evaluation and management, and is an expert at billing for these services. He reduced his staff and overhead and his satisfaction and income have improved.

Finally, for those who want to achieve many of the above advantages, and others, without starting a practice, working as a micro-corporation may be a great choice. Incorporating and working as an independent contractor for a large group or hospital system provides more tax benefits, flexible investment opportunities, and off-loading the expenses for rent and staffing. 

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Today’s episode is Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Tod Stillson. Tod is a family physician who discovered that he could improve his autonomy and increase his income by incorporating and switching from employee to micro-corporation owner. In Episode 374 we learned that 10 years ago he discovered he could practice under a professional services agreement with the hospital system, so he incorporated and began working as a mini-corporation.

We pick up the interview with Tod, who explains how he shifted from employment to working using a professional services agreement. Then, he discusses a variety of benefits that you can access under this new model.

We also discuss the free and paid resources available to help physicians including his book, Doctor Incorporated: Stop the Insanity of Traditional Employment and Preserve Your Professional Autonomy, a blog, a membership program, free e-books, and consultation services.

Before closing, we discuss other options for physicians seeking more fulfillment and control, including direct primary care and other cash-only practices, and compare them to the microcorporation employment-lite approach to contracting with an employer.

You will find all of the links mentioned in the episode at nonclinicalphysicians.com/benefits-of-a-professional-corporation

Email subscribers and podcast listeners often approach John with questions about finding a nonclinical or nontraditional clinical job. One of the most common questions is: “How do I get started?”

In this week’s podcast episode, John answers this question while including some of the decisions he made as he pursued his former career as a hospital chief medical officer.

He highlights a stepwise approach that includes:

• Acknowledge something is wrong.
• Committing to addressing the problem.
• Looking for a solution in your current world. 
• Looking for a solution near your current world. 
• Looking for a solution out there somewhere.
• Then, learning about what’s possible, what’s been done before, and how did it work out?

You will find links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclincalphysicians.com/start-my-search/.

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During this week’s episode, John describes why email marketing is an important tool for almost any business and how he has changed his approach to email marketing over the past year or so.

Unlike social media platforms, you own your list and it cannot be suddenly limited or deleted.

Email marketing is less expensive than other marketing approaches, and it provides you with customers who have demonstrated their interest in your products.

An email subscriber list must be nurtured over time. Subscribers will develop trust in you as you provide inspiration, encouragement, and education on a regular basis.

One strategy for doing that involves sending shorter, more frequent emails with personal stories that entertain and educate your subscribers, with a focus on increasing click rates and sales.

You will find links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclincalphysicians.com/adopt-this-email-strategy

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Dr. Laura Kaufman is a board-certified anesthesiologist who specializes in obstetrical anesthesia. She has always had an interest in patient safety and quality improvement, participating in and leading quality committees and teams.

She became frustrated when the focus on quality by those around her did not match their attention to the financial aspects of care. When her employer became part of a new organization, she decided to begin her transition from full-time practice to part-time practice and consulting while completing her master’s degree in patient safety and healthcare quality at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

During our interview, Dr. Kaufman describes the factors she considered as she navigated this career transition.

You will find links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclincalphysicians.com/advanced-degrees-and-other decisions/

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In this week’s podcast episode, John describes three major issues that arise during a transition to a nonclinical career.

The three big issues that can easily complicate your transition if not recognized early arise in these 3 areas:

• legal or contractual,
• financial, and
• emotional.

He also describes the steps that can be taken to reduce or eliminate their impact.

You will find links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclincalphysicians.com/address-3-big-issues

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Dr. Armin Feldman practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis for over 20 years and owned outpatient head injury rehabilitation clinics around the country.

Fifteen years ago, Dr. Feldman began providing an entirely new kind of medical-legal consulting. All of his consulting is pre-litigation and pre-trial. He helps attorneys manage the medical aspects of cases, increase case value, and save time, but he does not participate in medical malpractice cases and does no expert witness work.

Armin helps attorneys to help their clients to negotiate and settle cases and get the appropriate medical care the client needs in personal injury and workers' compensation cases. He has also trained over 1,000 physicians during the past 13 years through his Medical/Legal Consulting Coaching Program.

In today’s interview, Armin provides an overview of this unique nonclinical job and describes his courses and podcast.

Website: https://mdbizcon.com/

Podcast: Physicians Helping Attorneys (https://www.physicianshelpingattorneys.com/)

Social media links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/armin-feldman-m-d-07282ba8/

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The week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve is generally pretty slow. So, rather than bringing an interview or an intense career-related topic, we address the following question:

How do I encourage my guests to leave at the end of a dinner party?

In a fun and humorous way, John provides a top ten list, in reverse order, of the techniques that he and others have used to gently recognize that it is time to head home.

We hope you enjoy this short diversion.

You will find links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/encourage-your-guests-to-leave.

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Today's guest first appeared on the podcast in Episode 35. She returns now to describe how her business has grown and to discuss her new book.

Life and weight coach Dr. Katrina Ubell is a pediatrician and master-certified life and weight loss coach. She established her weight loss program in 2016 and has assisted more than 1,300 physicians with their battles to get in shape and lose weight. She is the host of the popular Weight Loss for Busy Physicians Podcast.

She recently released her book, "How to Lose Weight for the Last Time: Brain-Based Solutions for Permanent Weight Loss." It provides a more effective approach to weight loss with documented success than the usual diets, supplements, or demanding workout regimens. Using her brain-based strategy, Dr. Ubell has assisted hundreds of busy physicians and other professionals reach and maintain a healthy weight.

Visit Katrina's website at katrinaubellmd.com for more information about her book and other resources. You can sign up for a free class called "Guarantee Your Weight Loss Success" when you purchase the book. Additionally, you'll discover details on her six-month coaching program and podcast.

You will find links mentioned in the episode at https://nonclinicalphysicians.com/how-to-lose-weight.

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