Top Practices

Owning a podiatry practice in today’s medical environment is no easy feat. In fact, many doctors feel overworked, underpaid, and disillusioned with the field altogether. It doesn’t have to be this way, even in today’s environment. In fact, with effective marketing, your practice can not only survive but thrive, allowing you to live the kind of life you want to live.

https://www.toppractices.com/library/marketing-a-podiatry-practice-podiatrist-marketing.cfm

You can drastically increase your profits using dispensing and ancillaries? Why aren’t you maximizing this simple strategy?

HOW TO DRASTICALLY INCREASE YOUR PROFITS USING DISPENSING AND ANCILLARIES

When you dispense products and offer cash services two things happen:
• Patient Outcomes Increase
• Profits Increase

What you may never have really examined is how much they both increase and it will likely surprise you.

Really surprise you.

This year at the Top Practices Summit in Scottsdale AZ September 13,14,15 in this workshop we will examine the role dispensing and additional services (often cash pay) can play in generating significant increases in both outcomes and profits. Our expert panel will be sharing how they’ve accomplished this and teach strategies you can use to do the same.

Register now to ensure your seat at the only conference in podiatry that is positioned to prepare you for the next 1-5 years so that you can thrive.

www.toppractices.com/summit

Sohnen Moe says, "The key to success is self-management." The top nine self-management books on my shelf include:

Dare to Lead by Brené Brown

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Mindset by Carol Dweck, PhD

High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard

The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson

The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday

Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek

No Limits by John Maxwell

If you want to grow, you’ve got to read!

The Top Practices Summit is without a doubt the best investment you will make for your practice. Are you going? Have you been? Sign up today.

https://www.toppractices.com/blog/the-best-investment-you-have-ever-or-will-ever-make.cfm

Mondays are the New Years Day of every week! How lucky we are to have a fresh start and a fresh perspective.

“I still remember my first Summit in 2018 when I sat there by myself taking it all in. I was not in a good place with my practice, my mindset was very negative, I was burned out on trying to run a business and felt lost. I watched all these successful practices talk about what they were doing and saw all the wonderful people involved in helping them achieve their success. I said, "I want that!". I said, "I want to see my staff being recognized for being amazing and for helping me achieve success the way I felt my practice was capable of doing!" That's when the dream started.... And that's when I joined Top Practices and went all in working to achieve that dream. Of course, realizing that dream wasn't easy. It required some elbow grease, created a few gray hairs, hit a few potholes, and made me truly find the right people to do it with. But here we are! 🙂 A dream realized as my staff wins multiple awards. I couldn't have done it without them. THEY are the reason we are evolving into a Top Practice.
So, Rem, your mission has been accomplished! You have DEFINITELY HELPED a doctor achieve success.... Thank you.”

Dan Shanahan, DPM

Get a Step-By-Step Guide
The ULTIMATE Podiatry Business Book
The Podiatry Practice Business Solution

I wrote this book as a way to help my colleagues, those starting out and anyone who is working in a podiatry office. I have read thousands of books and with each book I've gained "golden nuggets" that I implemented in my practice.

Dr. Peter Wishnie

The #1 resource you have is yourself and your high-performing staff. Investing in your performance and improvement is the single most important use of your time and treasure.

Join us at the Summit in Scottsdale, AZ, on September 13, 14, and 15.

Register now and make 2025 your best year in practice ever!

https://www.toppractices.com/Summit

How do you build your A+ dream team at the office? Check out Tina’s new blog post to find out!

Building an A+ Team: Strategies for Success in Your Medical Practice Learn about the 5 Cs of teamwork, continuous training, and leadership development to create a culture of excellence in your podiatry practice.

“The title of this book suggests that prosperity in podiatry is the goal. That’s true, but it’s much more than that. It’s about taking a hard look into the scary part of owning a very successful practice. That means learning business, something most of us don’t know much about. Or we think we can run a business, but we don’t have much guidance. While working through the Four Pillars of Marketing, Rem Jackson gives pertinent suggestions and recommendations that can be used right away. This is a fun and easy book to read and will make you want more.”
Dock Dockery, DPM
Director, International Foot & Ankle Foundation, Seattle, Washington

Your chosen profession is a key to achieving prosperity, which is something much greater than success. Operating a podiatry practice (or any small business) is not for the faint of heart. There are great challenges facing everyone (not just podiatrists). In fact, the failure rate is staggering for small business startups in the first five years. Podiatry practices typically don’t fail at anywhere near this rate, but thriving is a very different situation than surviving and struggling day-to-day.

Why then, do a small few of us seem to thrive and love our work while most of us just can’t break the cycle and are left with too much work, too little time, too much stress, and burnout?

There are answers. There are strategies, tools, and tactics that will forever allow you to build an incredible team and reclaim your personal life while earning significantly more money.

This year The Top Practices Summit opens with an information-packed, high-energy session led by Top Practices Founder and CEO, Rem Jackson, and the most successful Top Practices doctors.
In this opening session, Rem and Top Practices doctors who have “cracked the code” share how you can accomplish all of this. It all starts here. You CAN do this.

Be sure your travel plans make it possible for you to be in your seat and ready when the conference opens at 5:30 PM. This is one of the most anticipated sessions at the Summit and will set the pace for your next 12 months.

www.toppractices.com/summit

Are you in a growth mindset or just coasting?

Let’s get something out of the way: AI might destroy humanity, but that is highly unlikely. What is CERTAIN is that it’s going to significantly change our lives for the better. It’s already started. Doctors are already using AI Scribes to get their notes done, their billing out and their checkbooks full already. It’s still in the early days and sometimes it’s glitchy but in 12 months the improvement will be exponential.

And this is only the beginning. Google searches are prioritizing AI-generated content. This is content Google's AI engines are generating themselves!

Every facet of our working and personal lives is going to be affected by AI and in almost all cases it is going to eliminate the parts of our jobs we don’t like freeing us up to focus on the work we love and BONUS!: having more time for our families and friends.

Register now to ensure your seat at the only conference in podiatry that is positioned to prepare you for the next 1-5 years so that you can thrive.

Attend the Top Practices Summit this year and:

* Fill Your Treatment Rooms with High-Quality Patients
* Make the Money You Want to Make
* Stop Working Nights and Weekends

Sound like something you want for your practice?

www.toppractices.com/summit

Mindset Monday!

Newsletters are your BEST FRIENDS. They are talking to ALL of your patients (and everyone you know!) every single month. They will WOW you with referrals and reactivations IF they are well written.

Each month, the Top Practices Team will design and write your newsletter for you. You simply let us know what changes you want, we will make them (if there are any!) and we will send you a proof. You approve the proof and send the newsletter to be printed, labeled, and mailed. Easy. Done. And working for you!

https://www.toppractices.com/practice_areas/podiatry-patient-newsletter-program.cfm

Testimonial Tuesday!

headache, but it doesn't have to be! Most doctors didn't learn how to efficiently manage a private practice. Yet, excellent practice management is essential to avoid disorganization, wasted time, and lost revenue.
Running a Successful Medical Practice Should Be a Dream, Not a Nightmare is packed with tips on improving practice management.
Fill out the form on our website to request your free copy!

https://www.toppractices.com/reports/running-a-successful-medical-practice.cfm

According to Google it’s National Selfie Day (look it up!) Here’s Diane and I in front of the sphere last night for Dead and Company.

Testimonial Thursday!

“Finally—the book that doctors and their managers have been searching for! Truths from the Trenches is exactly what it purports to be: true stories that happen to all of us practically every day; yet it is so much more. Tina not only describes the challenges faced by managers and their doctor employers, she also shares her wisdom and very practical advice about how to solve those problems.
Steeped in real-life systems and how-to-get-things-done examples, this book is a treasure. Read this book carefully, study it with your management team, and you cannot fail. Bravo!”

-Rem Jackson, CEO, Top Practices

What will follow for you?

People have a 65 percent chance of reaching a goal if they have an accountability partner according to the ASTD Handbook of Measuring and Evaluating Training.

Do you have someone supporting you? Holding you accountable?

I’m here to help if you want someone who has built and owned a successful business. Peter Wishnie

Testimonial Thursday! Summit edition!

Maximizing Appointment Attendance: How To Get Your Patients To Keep Their Appointments Six points to consider when developing your system for scheduling patients and keeping the schedule full each day.

Great Patient Service That Beams With Professionalism and Respect. Everyone one who walks through the practice doors should be greeted with professionalism and respect. But many times, the people greeting them do not have a clear picture of what these mean or look like.

These traits can be taught and learned and should be a part of staff training and continued training.

Tip: Emphasize the importance of maintaining professionalism and showing respect to all patients, regardless of their background, age or health problem.

Teaching Tip: Establish and review office policies on professional conduct and respect. (if you do not have these email me for more information) Discuss times where professionalism impacted patient satisfaction positively or negatively.

Recognize staff who consistently display high levels of professionalism and respect as examples for others to follow.

Could your staff benenfit from additional training? Email me for training materials or staff coaching services [email protected]

Time is a major barrier to professional success. It slips by quickly, often preventing us from making positive changes. We tend to drift without realizing we're stuck, akin to a crisis like a heart attack. Over time, we fall further behind.
Many of us share a core goal: the emotional and financial stability and security of our families and loved ones. Do you have a blueprint for success in the next three, five, or ten years? Do you have your plan?

Crafting compelling offers is one of the best strategies to attract patients interested in your practice. Our unique book campaigns combined with videos and ads provide valuable information and maintain communication with potential patients through a slow-drip process, guiding them from initial interest to making an appointment.

Every employee in the practice needs to understand how their work contributes to the overall company mission and vision. Who wants to go to work every day for no reason or purpose? When employees see the purpose in what they do, they are more likely to become engaged employees.

Provide constructive feedback regularly to help your staff improve their performance. Encourage ongoing dialogue to address any concerns or challenges they may face.

Onboarding employees does not stop, it is a continual process so you can keep them onboard.

What does your onboarding program look like? If you don’t have a program and would like to, I can help you develop a program specifically to meet your practice’s work culture.