Survival Tips for Primary Care: How to Save Money  Now that I
have vented/ranted/opined on the demise of primary care, let’s
move to some survival tips. Following are PookieMD’s two
fundamental. most important, and most loathsome rules of
survival in primary care medicine.  The money is in the numbers.
Time is money.  Yes, you have to see patients to  make money,
and given today’s reimbursement you have to see a fair amount of
them.  This is a given, a fact, a law.  If you don’t want to see
20 (or more) patients a day, go in to psychiatry.  If you are in
primary care, you probably are looking for a way to make a
dollar go a bit further.  Don’t laugh, you might spot something
useful here!    1. Get a set back thermostat.  No, these aren’t
just for home use.  If you are paying your utilities, why are
you heating the office at night?    2. Learn to be efficient.  I
have previously blogged on being efficient.  Running yourself
ragged to see more patients is a recipe for burn out (if you are
not already there!) 