Doctor Deals Podcast

The 2025 commercial reimbursement rates for telemedicine are finally here. Today you'll get a glimpse of commercial reimbursement trends for telemedicine during 2025.

New commercial reimbursement rates are starting to appear in payor contracts for the 17 new telemedicine codes implemented during 2025. While Medicare still has a statutory requirement to pay telemedicine physician services at in-office rates, commercial insurance carriers are not required to follow Medicare's mandate. Learn more at: https://datarise.cokergroup.com/blog/2025/05/29/telemedicine-commercial-reimbursement-trends/

Nick Newsad shares customer feedback from DataRise PCD's first year and identifies three resulting enhancements to the subscription during 2025. The new Acuvance brand name is also discussed.

Scott Becker and Nick Newsad delve deeper into Scott's entrepreneurial journey as described in his new book The Entrepreneur's Edge. This episode covers Scott's views on marketing, content strategy at Becker's Healthcare, and memorable guest speakers. Scott describes personal interactions with George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Walton, and Nikki Haley. The Entrepreneur's Edge is available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurs-Edge-Build-Manage-Business-ebook/dp/B0DBWYQPSJ

The most highly reimbursed hospital service during 2024 is the first of a whole new class of treatments. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy tops the 2024 list, but an even more expensive hospital treatment just hit the market. Learn more at: https://health-contract.com/blog/2024/11/12/highest-2024-hospital-fees-signal-new-trend/

Scott Becker, publisher and founder of Becker's Healthcare, discusses his new book about entrepreneurship. The Entrepreneur's Edge is available in Kindle, paperback, and hardcover: https://www.amazon.com/Entrepreneurs-Edge-Build-Manage-Business-ebook/dp/B0DBWYQPSJ

Surgical hospitals are unique businesses. Surgical hospitals are not ambulatory surgery centers, nor are they general acute care hospitals. Episode 26 of the Doctor Deals Podcast explains why surgical hospital business valuations should only rely upon market data from other directly comparable surgical hospitals. Learn more at: https://health-contract.com/blog/2024/10/19/surgical-hospital-business-valuation/

National compensation surveys include a lot more in Total Compensation than just Clinical Compensation. Episode 25 of the Doctor Deals Podcast shows you the difference between Total Compensation and Clinical Compensation for four different physician specialties. View the accompanying charts at: https://health-contract.com/blog/2024/10/13/total-compensation-vs-clinical-compensation-whats-the-difference/

Today we're going to talk about licensing your data for money. You probably don't realize it, but licensing is everywhere in the healthcare industry. Physician practices, hospitals, and health systems are already cutting big licensing deals and making tons of money.

I.V. hydration therapy clinics have become very popular during the past several years. Entrepreneurs nationwide have not only discovered a new market but new challenges as well.

Cardiology is one of the most expensive specialty practices to operate. Cardiology's long list of in-office ancillary services can require millions of dollars of capital investment. This is one reason that private equity firms have invested in cardiology practice management companies.