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“Any man demanding the forty hour week should be ashamed to claim citizenship in this great country. ... The men of our country are becoming a race of softies and mollycoddles.”

Johnson & Johnson Vision announced the appointment of Peter Menziuso as company group chairman in a press release.

WASHINGTON — In this Healio Video Perspective from Eyecelerator@ASCRS, Jim Mazzo, executive chairman of Neurotech Pharmaceuticals, discusses the importance of meetings such as Eyecelerator in the ophthalmology landscape.

Alignment with the right private equity partner can accelerate growth and profitability and give individuals a ready infusion of cash and equity.

Since its emergence in health care, private equity investment in physician practices has steadily increased in specialties that provide outpatient services, have high reimbursement rates and have access to ancillary services revenue.

Owners must stay vigilant about protecting their practice from embezzlement and have a good policy in place to detect, deter and prevent it, according to one presenter.

Employee empowerment is key for a practice to thrive. This is achieved by providing consistent training and education, by facilitating career paths and by creating a great office culture, according to one presenter.

Finding success in a smaller practice can be tough, but according to Steven Silverstein, MD, bigger is not always better.

For those of you who don’t know, a marketing funnel is a process that a prospect goes through on their path to purchase. It is accompanied by a sales pipeline, but that topic will be explained in a later post.

“All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.” – Benjamin Franklin