<span itemprop="author">Grace Torres-Hodges, DPM, MBA

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Integrating clinical expertise with business acumen for private practice success

I often find that many doctors come to me with doubts and are grappling with the idea that they don’t know how to manage the business aspects of their private practice. However, in working with them, most come to the realization that the truth is…

The direct care model’s win-win for patients and physicians

As I approach 25 years of practicing medicine in the same community where my parents dedicated 50 years to their medical careers, I’ve been privileged to develop lasting relationships with individuals who have entrusted me with their health care….

Breaking free: the power of physician autonomy in patient care

What guides and directs your decisions in your private practice? As the physician owner, it should be your choices and decisions, made without influence from third parties. That is physician autonomy. In 2012, an article by E. J. Emmanuel and S.D. Pear…