Month: February 2018

 

Failure to Make the Medical Malpractice and Doctor Judgment-Proof

By Alan Gassman | March 6, 2018

There are many ways that a medical practice and a doctor can work to make themselves a less attractive target for a plaintiff’s lawyer. Often the practice incurs debt in its name, and the lender or lenders have liens on practice and personal assets that must be paid before a plaintiff is able to levy…

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Failure to Theft-Proof the Practice’s Monies and Accounts Receivable

By Alan Gassman | March 4, 2018

The author regularly receives at least one phone call per year from a very upset physician who has had tens of thousands of practice dollars stolen by an employee. This employee has often been with the practice many years, and most of the time is the most trusted person in the practice other than the…

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Using Greedy Investment Advisors

By Alan Gassman | March 2, 2018

The number of different investments and life insurance and annuity arrangements that can be sold to doctors and their practices in the financial world. The quality of each particular investment vehicle can vary dramatically in terms of actual financial safety, conservative versus aggressive orientation, likelihood of being acceptable to the IRS in the event of…

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Failure to Have Anyone in the Practice Pay Attention to Contracts with Third Parties

By Alan Gassman | March 1, 2018

Quite often medical practices get into disputes or find themselves stuck in agreements as a result of a trusting nature or lack of attention to details associated with contracts they enter into with third parties. Say, for example, somebody delivers a copier to the medical practice that the office manager has requested on a trial…

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Do You Own Your Practice, or Does Your Practice Own You?

If you’ve ever dreamed of growing your practice, but were afraid the lifestyle costs to your time and family would be too high, then this book will transform how you approach running your medical practice.

David Finkel  |  Dr. Pariksith Singh, MD  |  Alan Gassman, JD, LLM