Getting started -- Choosing an organizational structure -- Selecting your professional path -- Regulations and licensing requirements -- Society membership/practice affiliations -- Operational policies, procedures, and processes -- Equipping your practice with information technology -- Idnetifying insurance requirements -- Financial considerations and capitalization of the medical practice -- Financial asset considerations -- Personnel considerations -- Revenue cycle protocols -- Loss prevention and risk management -- Establishing financial controls and developing policies and procedures -- Marketing and business development considerations -- Physician alignment strategies -- Practice acquisition -- Structuring of equity -- Physician diversification -- Practice mergers -- Appendix A: Professional associations -- Appendix B: IRS instructions and form 2553 -- Appendix C: Sample medical office building leases -- Appendix D: Federal tax forms -- Appendix E: Sample employee agreement -- Appendix F: Pro forma income statement.
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