Kai Risdahl

Oh, we got through COVID, which was quite the chore.

Last time we talked, I think I was on my own still here in small town Logan by myself.

Since then, I was actually able to acquire a new partner.

Finally, after about six or seven years searching for someone willing to come and work in a small town,

She's been here now about a year since August.

And I also am not in private.

Well, I am in private practice, but a little different model.

I was the last one in private practice in Southern Ohio and just was struggling making it in the current environment.

And I've joined an organization called Northern Ohio Medical Specialties, which is a physician-owned, physician-directed organization.

And I've been with them since April of 24, I believe.

Tell me about aligning your practice with this partnership group.

Why?

Why'd you do it?

Well, I knew I had to do something.

In today's market, in today's healthcare arena that we live in, the insurance companies have us all by the throat.

The squeeze is just on in every direction and costs keep going up and reimbursement keeps going down.

And

I probably would have kept limping on for as long as I could, but I needed to also look at my future, my retirement, and my patients.

And this was a way that...

I can guarantee that if something happens to me, if I get ill or I want to retire someday, my patients will be cared for.