Docs Outside The Box

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My next guest is Dr. Renee Matthews – host of the wildly popular Ask Dr. Renee Show. She has turned her passion for talking about medicine to the masses into her lifestyle. After facing difficulty with getting into an OB/GYN residency, Dr. Renee pivoted onto her

networking skills that garnered her opportunities like a XM radio show. She’s now a well-sought after media medical expert, blogger, and national speaker. Oh, don’t forget to add social media guru to her list of skills – she now coaches physicians on how to distinguish themselves through multiple social medial platforms.

You can find her at: askdrrenee.info

Follow The Ask Dr Renee Show: www.youtube.com/user/AskDrRenee

Things you’ll learn in this interview:

• Her plans to transition from YouTube to network TV
• Why it’s so important for doctors to embrace social media
• Her best productivity lifehack
• How she answers #imnotjustadoc

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Katie Brewer, a fee-only financial planner was a guest on  episode 4 and discussed basic financial educational tips for physicians. Based on the downloads, that was a favorite among you all! In this episode, Katie Brewer and I get to answer various financial questions from our listeners.

Dr. O – Virginia

• Are variable annuities a viable financial product and if not what’s a better product?

Dr. L – Massachusetts

• I have close to 100k in federal student loans with interest rates between 3 to 4%; when is it better to invest vs pay off student loans?
• What’s the maximum amount I can invest in a 529 account for my kids?

Dr. C – Kansas

• Why are so many people pushing index funds over individual stock?
• What are your thoughts on Robo advisors vs investing on your own?
• What about Peer to Peer lending?

You can learn more about Katie Brewer and her fee-only financial planning firm at Your Richest Life.

Here’s the article Katie mentioned in her answer to Dr. C – The 7 Deadly Sins of Investing

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A very sobering, yet powerful quote from my next guest Dr. Michelle Mudge-Riley. Michelle is open about her story of realizing that clinical medicine was not for her. After graduating from medical school, Dr. Mudge-Riley went through both uncertainty and stress, yet, she found her way and a strong community of physicians who thought and felt the same way she did.

This experience led her to create Physicians Helping Physicians, her coaching business for doctors looking to transition to non-clinical careers.  For over 10 years, Dr. Mudge-Riley has been helping physicians find satisfaction and solutions with their medical careers. Besides the coaching business, Dr. Mudge-Riley’s work has been featured in numerous media outlets including KevinMD, The D.O., and The Physician Executive Journal.

Things you’ll learn in this interview:

• How lucrative the field of career coaching is compared to clinical practice
• Common reasons for dissatisfaction she sees among her clients
• Her take on social media and why she encourages her clients to use it
• Role play: What’s her advice for the 36 yr old CT surgeon who is fresh out of fellowship but can’t see himself opening chests for the next 25 years
• How she answers #imnotjustadoc

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Dr. James Pinckney

There’s more to Dr. James Pinckney than what you see in the VistaPrint commercials. He’s a major player in concierge medicine, starting his practice (Diamond Physicians) in 2012 in Dallas, Texas. He has opened two additional locations in the Dallas metro area and has expanded the practice’s scope of services, now known as Diamond Luxury Healthcare. Dr. James is a Fox News medical expert, actor, and even has a US patent on a surgical gown… Nice!

Docs, if you don’t know, concierge medicine has become a popular alternative for patients and physicians. The usual model revolves around patients paying a month fee (or subscription) and, in exchange, they get exclusive access to their primary care doctor. Depending on the practice, this access can include:

• Same day appointments with no waiting time
• 24/7 direct access to a physician (no answering service in most instances)
• Telemedicine or email access

If you’ve been living under the rock, here is Dr. James in the national VistaPrint commercial.

Things you’ll learn in this episode:

• How a patient request in the middle of the night  during his General Surgery residency led him to an epiphany and set the foundation for his path towards concierge medicine
• Why he’s so passionate about concierge medicine and what about the current climate of healthcare that has more docs considering this practice style
• How he’s standardizing his practice to be replicable not only in Family Medicine but in other specialities like OB/GYN; he also has a franchise model in the works
• Some of the intricacies of concierge medicine  and direct primary care
• How he handles being available to his patients 24/7. No answering service here folks!
• How he answers #imnotjustadoc 

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I’m willing to bet that all of you have either purchased or heard the reasons why you should purchase life insurance and disability insurance. These two products are meant to protect your best wealth-building weapon – you and your income! Whether or not you fully understand these products (and many doctors don’t), the implications can be quite costly. Ranging from just a couple of Benjamins to stacks on stacks of Clevelands, how much you pay for your insurance plans will depend on how well you understand the products and your current financial situation.

I invited Julie Fleischner, president of Set for Life Insurance, to step outside the box on this episode. She’s an independent broker who specializes in disability, life, and long term care insurance. With over 20 years of experience, she has seen plenty examples of physicians either being sold the wrong products or being over-insured.  Full disclosure –  I have used her services to help me revise my current insurance coverage (more about that on another show).

You can learn more about her services here –  Set for Life Insurance

In this episode you’ll learn:

• The difference between an insurance broker and agent
• If all physicians need life and disability insurance
• How to purchase life and disability insurance without feeling ripped off
• What is a rider and which ones every life and disability plan should have
• Why women pay a lot more per month for disability insurance and what women can do to get around the gender price hike
• We run some scenarios – For example, find out how much insurance a 32 year old newly minted female physician really needs

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