DO private practice.

[kurite]

Is it more difficult to run a private practice if you are a DO instead of an MD due to many people simply not knowing what osteopathy is? Also do DO's on average in the same specialty, make less money?
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[deleted480308]

Is it more difficult to run a private practice if you are a DO instead of an MD due to many people simply not knowing what osteopathy is? Also do DO's on average in the same specialty, make less money?
Thanks

ask yourself how many times you checked the degree of your doctor....and no

 

[baxt1412]

ask yourself how many times you checked the degree of your doctor....and no

 

[cliquesh]

Salaries are the same.

If the market isn't saturated in your area there are normally more than enough patients for everyone.

They say private practice will be dead in the upcoming years.

 

[Awesome Sauceome]

Here is a way to look at it... do you have a dentist? Is your dentist (off the top of our head) a DDS or DMD?

In about 95% of the practicing world (especially private practice and not top tier research institutions) thats how it goes with patients. You ask them this question and they have no freaking clue, all they know is that they go to the dentist and their teeth get cleaned. Its a good analogy for the whole MD/DO thing... heck my father still thinks he is going to a doctor even though he sees a NP who was grandfathered in... no one cares. They go to whatever medical office has the best commercialization in the community (or even just whatever is closest to their house), then they stick with whatever doc is friendly to them and helpful. DO's do just as well as MD's in private practice and most hospitals.

 

[Dreamstoo]

I know of DOs who make buckets of cash in private practice. Some more than their MD counter parts. That should answer your question...

 

[AlteredScale]

Is it more difficult to run a private practice if you are a DO instead of an MD due to many people simply not knowing what osteopathy is? Also do DO's on average in the same specialty, make less money?
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Reimbursement policy is governed per state and insurance companies. It doesn't differ based on medical degree.

There's some great DO private clinics here in my town which focus on OMM/alternative med and are pretty busy all the time.

Perhaps people might have more difficulty even finding a DO as many do not know that there is a separate degree. Then again, everyone is looking for treatment outside of conventional medicine so in many ways I'm sure the business comes to them.

Hopefully an attending DO in private practice can give some insight to this thread.

 

[F=ma]

Is it more difficult to run a private practice if you are a DO instead of an MD due to many people simply not knowing what osteopathy is? Also do DO's on average in the same specialty, make less money?
Thanks

The amount of money you make is equivalent to the amount of work you put in. DO/MD mean nothing in my opinion. You are either a doctor with the proper medical knowledge or you are not. You are either a doctor with good people skills and get patient referrals or you don't.

I work with great MD's and great DO's. There are also terrible MD'S and DO's. They both get the job done and both have exactly equal opportunities. It all depends how hard you are willing to work.