Relevancy of PM News

[air bud]

120 patients a week that qualify for nail care? That is a ton more than I’ve ever witnessed at any office.

Grind harder bro. Figuratively And literally

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[Adam Smasher]

120 patients a week that qualify for nail care? That is a ton more than I’ve ever witnessed at any office.

I accept all insurances, and medicaid/medicare advantage both cover 6 visits/year for anyone for any reason. A lobster's feast.

 

[Homo sapien]

I accept all insurances, and medicaid/medicare advantage both cover 6 visits/year for anyone for any reason. A lobster's feast.

They do? Holy cow lol

 

[DYK343]

Yes, no pod is going to be doing a lot more triple arthrodesis Achilles tendon rupture visits if they didn't do nail care.
Maybe on planets like podiatry marketing or hospital DPM supersurgon - but not in normal PP office.
It pays the bills, fills the schedule, gives people what they came for... that's what I want.

IME there is some merrit to not booking every slot of every day with nails.

My last job every DPM was booked out 3 months or longer with nails.

I got a ton of patients with acute issues because they couldnt get in anywhere else timely.

Helped that ortho didnt touch the foot where I was previously located.

Unfortunately where I am now I dont get the same referral patterns. I cut nails because if I didnt I wouldnt be full.

But in the right situation it is viable.

 

[Bluecollarmed]

I don't currently see any patients for RFC because the hospital owns a clinic in the area that does it and there's plenty of nonsurgical pods in the area covering that service. It helps keep a 15 minute slot or two open for same day referrals and quick trips down to the ED as needed for consults. Our ortho doc and his 3 PAs are also too busy to even think about a foot so everything comes to me. I think the conversation is different for hospital employed vs PP when it comes to this, same as wound/limb salvage. The hospital wants me in the OR two days per week. They don't make money on me seeing nails and booking out my schedule when they own the nurse doing it for $35 per visit at the other clinic.

 

[air bud]

 

[Adam Smasher]

Obviously we need more fellowship training

 

[Homo sapien]

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Almost half of the respondents do mostly nails. Podiatry is so sad

 

[heybrother]

Almost half of the respondents do mostly nails. Podiatry is so sad

Ahhh, you forget. These are also the most satisfied podiatrists on earth.

 

[Bluecollarmed]

These need follow up questions like how much routine nail care do you want to perform, how many years in practice etc. Would be more interesting if you derive interest from these sorts of things I suppose.

 

[Adam Smasher]

A few years ago PM News did a poll on years of residency training, and only a minority of respondents had 3 years. Meaning most graduated podiatry school prior to 2006 and very likely much earlier! So assuming the sample population from that poll is similar to this one, the outcome is not surprising.

Hence the purpose of this thread, once again showcasing how out of touch the older generation of pods is with the marketplace for podiatry services today.

 

[air bud]

A few years ago PM News did a poll on years of residency training, and only a minority of respondents had 3 years. Meaning most graduated podiatry school prior to 2006 and very likely much earlier! So assuming the sample population from that poll is similar to this one, the outcome is not surprising.

Hence the purpose of this thread, once again showcasing how out of touch the older generation of pods is with the marketplace for podiatry services today.

Yes, clearly PM news is not compromised of "the most dynamic" members of our profession....but this is just good Internet material. It's about the memes bros.

 

[Adam Smasher]

For what it's worth, I'm in that meaty 26-50% bracket 🦞👑

 

[icebreaker32]

Yes, clearly PM news is not compromised of "the most dynamic" members of our profession....but this is just good Internet material. It's about the memes bros.

I disagree. One of the regulars on there only uses Carbon Rib-Back 15 blades.

 

[Feli]

I disagree. One of the regulars on there only uses Carbon Rib-Back 15 blades.