Hi, I'm attorney Jim Mangraviti from SEAK. I'm with attorney Steve Babitsky from SEAK, and we're here to talk about how to get more IME business. Steve, how much effort should a doctor put in to get a new IME client, and why? Steve Babitsky: I would say at this point just about whatever it takes. A new [...]
Hi, I'm Jim Mangraviti from SEAK. I'm here with our President and Founder, Steve Babitsky and we're going to talk to you today about how physicians can earn extra money supplementing their income through six different activities. Steve, let's talk about these six different activities that physicians can earn extra money on. The first one is consulting. Can [...]
I'm Jim Mangraviti. I'm here with Steve Babitsky. We're both from SEAK, Inc., and we're here today to talk about how to write a medical file review, peer review, however you want to call it. Steve, what is a medical file review or peer review? Steve Babitsky: It is a review requested by insurance companies, IROs and other [...]
I'm Jim Mangraviti from SEAK, and I'm here with SEAK's President and Founder, Steve Babitsky. Can you give me some specific examples of physician consultants that you've worked with, kind of what they do and who pays them for it? Steve Babitsky: Sure. We've have hundreds of people go through our consulting course. One example would [...]
Hi, my name is Attorney Jim Mangraviti. I'm here with Attorney Steve Babitsky from SEAK, and we're going to talk briefly today about how physicians can perform disability reviews for insurance companies. Steve, what is the role of the physician regarding reviewing disability claims? Steve Babitsky: Physicians are asked to review claims by insurance companies and IROs and [...]
Hi, I'm Attorney Jim Mangraviti from SEAK, and I'm here with Attorney Steve Babitsky from SEAK. And today we're going to talk about how to become an independent medical examiner. Steve, what is an independent medical examiner, and what do IME doctors do? Steve Babitsky: Independent medical examiners are physicians who examine for insurance companies and independent [...]
Physicians who would like to publish fiction or non-fiction will want to start by first obtaining a literary agent. A good literary agent is worth his/her weight in gold as they have relationships with publishers who may want to buy your book. Here are some tips on how to find the agent best for you. AAR There are [...]
The publishing industry is in the midst of a radical transformation. Decreasing number of book stores, the dominance of Amazon, the proliferation of inexpensive eBooks, more distractions for potential books, more distractions for potential book purchasers (Netflix, etc.) It is no wonder that publishers are being even more selective about signing new physician authors. Publishers are now looking [...]
Physicians who want to increase the odds of getting their book published by a traditional book publisher will want to acquire a literary agent. Literary agents sort through many query letters when selecting a new author to contact. Here are eight ways to make sure your query letter is well received by literary agents. 1) Well written and error [...]
With more and more physicians practices being acquired by groups and hospitals one of the key questions raised is will the physicians retain their rights to supplemental income? These rights include fees for: consulting, acting as an expert medical witness (plaintiff and defense), performing Independent Medical Evaluations (IME's), performing disability and file reviews, medical writing, physician inventions etc. [...]