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PAC board chair Dr. Omer Deen (@OmerDeenMD) took his kids to urgent care, didn't like what he saw, and built a physician-owned one. His advice for physicians going independent: start slow.
Ep. 16 of PAC & Forth.
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"I feel like people in the legislature are in it to help people, but they need to be informed."
PAC board member Dr. Join Luh (@j_luh) on why physicians should help them get the best information.
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"Let's be honest, when you say cost savings, it means maximizing profits."
Dr. Omer Deen (@OmerDeenMD) on why care built around the bare minimum is an injustice to patients. Ep. 16 of PAC & Forth.
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Have a practice question you keep putting off? PAC members can ask Hooper, Lundy & Bookman attorneys at a free Virtual Office Hour on labor, compliance and regulatory issues. Nov 11, 12:30pm PT. Space is limited: linkly.link/2wnvB
Two patients walk in with the same symptoms and leave with different care, because of their insurance.
PAC board chair Dr. Omer Deen (@OmerDeenMD) on how payment rules shape the visit. Ep. 16 of PAC & Forth.
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Tracking CME shouldn't eat your evenings. PAC members now have access to Vinea, a physician-founded app for finding CME, tracking credits and learning with peers, with a special introductory offer at launch.
More in our October newsletter: pac-md.org/pac-member-octobe…
"In an ideal system, physicians should work for their patients and nobody else."
Dr. Omer Deen (@OmerDeenMD) on what happens when the best test for a patient isn't covered. Ep. 16 of PAC & Forth.
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PAC board member Dr. Join Luh (@j_luh) uses AI to pull visit notes, radiology reports and pathology reports into one patient history. He says it saves a lot of time on clinical documentation.
Watch the full member spotlight: youtu.be/EG-Mthh6dG8
What does it take to build a physician-led practice from the ground up?
In episode 16 of PAC & Forth, PAC board chair Dr. Omer Deen (@OmerDeenMD) talks opening his own urgent care and why physicians should work for their patients and nobody else.
That's a wrap on the 2025–26 session. Our October newsletter covers where PAC's priority bills landed, a new CME benefit with Vinea, a free legal office hour on Nov 11, and a spotlight on Dr. Join Luh (@j_luh).
pac-md.org/pac-member-octobe…
Keeping up with CME shouldn't feel like another admin task. PAC has partnered with Vinea, a physician-founded learning platform for finding CME, tracking credits and learning with peers. Members get 50% off year one at launch: pac.getvinea.com/
Large health systems have a compliance department. Independent practices have you.
Missed our webinar with Jake Yates of @HCPCompliance? The recording of "Riding the Waves of Corporate Compliance" is now available. youtu.be/nquFo-3CoMk
He covers college football games until 3 a.m., and nobody assigns it.
Dr. Michael Leathers is a second-generation orthopedic surgeon in Midtown Sacramento and a PAC member. He knows the case for leaving private practice as well as anyone, and he's staying anyway.
On Episode 15 of PAC & Forth, he explains what his father's generation had that his doesn't, and what he has that he wouldn't trade.
"I hope I never leave private practice."
Dr. Michael Leathers on choosing his own community work and what it means to build something of his own. Ep. 15 of PAC & Forth.
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