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74. Are many urgent care clinics started by mid-level providers, and if so must there be an MD/DO partner, or can they be an employee?

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Quite a few urgent care centers have been started by PAs. Some have included physicians in the partnership; others have used physicians essentially as employees. The biggest issue to review is your own state laws to see if only physicians can own a medical practice. This is the rule for most states, but a few states (for example, Virginia) allow non-physicians to own a medical practice. Even if you are required to have a physician ownership of the practice, you can set up your company so that all profits flow to a medical management company, which may have no physician ownership.

The owners of Practice Velocity also operate ten urgent care centers in Illinois and Oklahoma. We would be delighted to host your team for a full-day tour of our urgent care centers and software company. Feel free to call and schedule a visit to our urgent care headquarters (only one hour from O’Hare Airport). Over 300 urgent care professionals took advantage of tours of our urgent care operations last year. During the tour, we outline our entire operation, including:

• Reception
• Marketing
• Site selection
• Added services
• Occupational medicine
• Patient flow
• Whatever else you wish to review
  

To schedule a demo or to schedule a tour of our headquarters, call 888-357-4209 and ask for Dana (ext. 2051).

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David Stern, MD, CPC CEO, Practice Velocity Partner, Physicians Immediate Care Board Member, Urgent Care      Association of America Dr. Stern helped design the patent-pending Practice Velocity template (PiVoT) that is now used in over 240 urgent care centers. He is board certified in internal medicine and served as Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Stern received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University after completing undergraduate studies at Houghton College in Houghton, NY. Dr. Stern serves on the Board of Directors of the Urgent Care Association of America (UCAOA). A Certified Professional Coder, Dr. Stern writes articles and presents at numerous national and regional conferences on topics, including medical charting, emr, medical coding and medical practice management. With additional partners of John Koehler, MD (CEO) and Terry Buzzard, MD (Regional Medical Director), they operate the urgent care consulting firm of National Med Network and the ten clinics (in Illinois and Oklahoma) of Physicians Immediate Care.

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