Course Overview
Provided by the Massachusetts Medical Society and its Committee on the Sustainability of Private Practice
Discussion includes a variety of financial and regulatory considerations needed to establish a private practice including coordinating, planning, and maintaining an efficient and effective and regulatory compliant office practice.
Faculty
Maryanne Bombaugh, MD, MSc, MBA, FACOG,
Board certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology; president, Massachusetts Medical Society; gynecologist, Community Health Center of Cape Cod; past president of the Massachusetts Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Brendan Abel, JD
Director of Advocacy, Government and Community Relations.
Katherine J. Atkinson, MD, FAAFP
Board certified in family medicine; founder, Atkinson Family Practice, an integrative medical behavioral practice.
Emily Carroll, JD
Senior Legislative Attorney, The American Medical Association Advocacy Resource Center, provides legislative and legal support to state and national medical specialty societies on private payer practices and health insurance reforms.
Alain Chaoui, MD, FAAFP
Board certified in family medicine; president, Congenial Healthcare, LLC, a private practice group formed in January 2018; past president, Massachusetts Medical Society.
Christopher Garofalo, MD, FAAAFP
Board certified in family medicine; co-owner, Family Medicine Associates of South Attleboro, PC, a single-specialty private practice; chair, MMS Committee on the Sustainability of Private Practice.
Jeffrey Gold, MD
Family medicine physician; founder, Gold Direct Care, a direct primary care practice; member of the Massachusetts Direct Primary Care Coalition.
Hans Jeppesen, MD, MBA, SFHM
Board certified in internal medicine; president, Charter Health PC; past chief of Hospital Medicine at Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge and subsequently at North Shore Medical Center in Salem; senior fellow of hospital medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine.
Steven Locke, MD
Board certified psychiatrist who specializes in psychopharmocology, psychosomatic medicine, and integrative psychiatry; chief medical officer at iHope Network; past president of the American Psychosomatic Society.
Michelle Parker, MD, FAAFP
Board certified in family medicine; founder of Cornerstone Family Medicine; members of the Direct Primary Care (DPC) Alliance; president-elect, Massachusetts Academy of Family Physicians.
Jeffrey S. Puglisi, MD
Internal medicine; founding partner of Glenville Medical Concierge Care, Greenwich, CT, and has twice been recognized as one of the “Top Doctors in Concierge Medicine.” In 2016, he joined the Board of American College of Private Physicians, established to advance the concierge medicine model.
Intended Audience
Employed Physicians, Independent and Private Practice Physicians, Medical Students, Residents, Fellows and Practice Managers
Course Objectives
- Learn basic concepts around starting and running a successful private practice
- Identify opportunities to explore new service lines and decrease administrative burdens
- Utilize new models of enhanced patient-physician communication
- Improve patient experiences by improving access and engagement
- Examine roadblocks to starting or joining private practice models of care
Course Fees
Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS) Physician Member:
MMS Resident/Student Member: Free
Non-Member Physician: Free
Non-Members Resident/Student: Free
Allied Health Professional/Other: Free
Format & Estimated Time to Complete: Video/1.25 hours
Accreditation Statement
Accreditation and Credit Information
The Massachusetts Medical Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education
for physicians.
AMA Credit Designation Statement
The Massachusetts Medical Society designates this internet enduring material for a maximum of 1.25 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity meets the criteria for the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine for risk management study.
National Commission on Certification of Physicians Assistant
(NCCPA)
Physician Assistants may claim a maximum of 4.25 Category 1 credits for completing this activity. NCCPA accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME or a recognized state medical society.
Exam/Assessment: A score of 70% or higher is required to receive AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Activity Term
Original Release Date: September 1, 2020
Review Date (s): N/A
Termination Date: September 1, 2023
Course Developers, Reviewers & Web Producer:
Bissan Biary, Senior Practice Solutions Specialist, Practice Solution & Medical Economics, Massachusetts Medical Society
Thelma Tatten, Web Content Production Specialist, NEJM Group Education
System Requirements
Desktops/Laptops
Windows, XP, Vista, 7, 8
Mac OSX 10.6 higher
Most modern browsers including:
IE8,9,10
Firefox 18.0+
Chrome 26+
Safari 5+
Flash player is required for some Online CME courses.
Mobile/Tablet
iOS devices beginning with OS version 5 or higher (includes, iPhone, ipad and iTouch devices)
Android devices including tablets and phones.
Windows RT and tablets on Windows 8 are also supported.
