PAC & Forth Episode 16:
Dr. Omer Deen
What does it take to build a physician-led practice from the ground up?
In this episode of PAC & Forth, we welcome back Dr. Omer Deen, board member and chair of the Physician Association of California, and our very first guest on the show. After completing his fellowship at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Deen built a portfolio of independent practices in the South Bay, including the Deen Medical Group, a clinical nutrition and obesity practice in Torrance, Peninsula Urgent Care, which he co-founded in 2020, and a wellness clinic.
Dr. Deen shares:
Why a frustrating urgent care visit with his own kids, and the discovery that most local urgent cares were corporate-owned, pushed him to open a patient-centered practice of his own.
What medical training doesn’t teach about billing, coding, and running a business, and his advice for physicians looking to grow: start slow and add one thing at a time.
How Medicare rates have fallen to less than a third of their 1981 levels, and how insurer rules push two patients with the same symptoms toward different care.
Why he’s launching a concierge primary care practice next, and his concern about what that model means for patients who can’t afford it.
Why only 8 to 10 cents of every health care dollar goes to physicians, and what that says about how we value prevention and patient care.
A look at the entrepreneurial spirit behind independent practice, and the payment system that shapes every decision physicians make.
If you’re interested in how physician-owned practices are built and what’s standing in their way, this conversation is for you.
Tune in to hear why Dr. Deen believes physicians should work for their patients and nobody else.
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