Interviewing Top OBGYN Doctor, Annette Mayes | Running a Private Practice & Being a Business Owner
Practice ownership and growthSummary for practice owners
Annette Mayes describes the practical tradeoffs of building and running an OB-GYN practice, from choosing a career path to managing the daily business. Her specialty offers variety. Her work spans the office and operating room, with hospital duties too. Unpredictable labor can make a schedule difficult to control. Her account of starting a practice emphasizes timing: she first joined an existing group after residency, then later chose ownership when she wanted more say over her work and family schedule. A partner helped share ideas and responsibility, but their later separation made clear how much work sits behind a partnership, including dividing assets and deciding what happens to staff.
Ownership gives her authority over office flow and hiring, plus scheduling, and makes it possible to arrange the workday around family needs. The same authority means that problems land with the owner. Mayes says referrals and reputation helped her practice grow, while hiring calls for people skills, attention to detail and sound judgment. She also describes the early uncertainty of learning business operations without a formal guide.
The conversation is useful for owners who want a grounded view of the operating model. It covers how billed charges differ from actual collections, how insurer rules shape payment, and why Medicare and Medicaid can be workable while each commercial payer brings its own requirements. Her experience presents practice ownership as a set of recurring decisions about staffing and access, along with collections and personal priorities, instead of a single leap into entrepreneurship.
Owner takeaways
- 6:47 Mayes joined an existing group first and considered ownership later, showing that practice ownership can be a staged career choice.
- 10:58 A partner can share ideas and workload, but owners should plan for how assets and billing, as well as staff will be handled if the partnership ends.
- 13:01 Greater control over scheduling comes with being the person responsible when problems arise.
- 16:07 Hiring needs people skills and careful attention to detail alongside clinical qualifications.
- 18:15 Owners should distinguish billed charges from what the practice actually collects from insurers.
Why it made the list
The interview connects day to day OB-GYN work with the financial and staffing realities of ownership. It has 1,385 views and 102 likes, reflecting interest in a candid private practice perspective.
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