Penney Stringer, a family medicine physician, shares her journey into functional medicine and her experiences moving in and out of conventional medicine. Dr. Stringer shares anecdotes from her exceptionally successful HealCommunity group. Listen in to hear Dr. Stringer and James explore:

 

• The power of community in medicine
• How patients with chronic illness are underserved
• The importance of group support for behavior change
• And much, much more!

Cheng Ruan, MD is a Functional Medicine practitioner who trains other physicians to work through insurance systems. He discusses value-based care and it’s current limitations, physician services that are currently billable to Medicare or insurance which are underutilized, how to foster a sense of empowerment with patients, rather than trying to be the “hero” as a physician. Listen to the full conversation to hear about:

• How physician entrepreneurs should be thinking about scalable growth
• Coaching concepts for physicians
• Statements of guidance and focusing positive energy towards collaborative health care 
• And much, much more!