Re: "Mobile business for sale"
Randall Alley
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Title:
Re: "Mobile business for sale"
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Randall Alley
Date:
4/1/2006
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I have to back up Warren with this one. While I don't know him or his
business well, I spoke at length to this gentleman and was very impressed
with at least the concept of his business approach. Some geographical areas
fit this model while others don't. Prior to the big fallout with prospective
payments in convalescent facilities and the like years ago, I considered a
mobile practice myself, scanner in hand. I love filling niches. Just like
some practitioners could benefit from alternative methods of consulting that
in their opinion may seem unusual or impractical at first. If we can fill a
need and it helps people, then great, as long as it is done professionally,
ethically and with good intention.
Randall D. Alley, BSc, CP, CFT, FAAOP
CEO, biodesigns, inc.
Chair, Upper Limb Prosthetic Society
P 310.291.4543
F 805.552.0705
<Email Address Redacted>
www.biodesigns.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
Behalf Of Warren Mays
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:56 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Mobile business for sale
I want to respond to Ted Trower's concerns about the mobile business for
sale. I won't defend the individual who now wants to sell out to the
highest bidder for his method of attracting buyers. I do happen to know who
this is: He is an ABC certified prosthetist (and BOC orthotist) who has
developed his business over many years. He goes into communities in rural
south Georgia that remain otherwise unserved by the O and P community. He
casts one week and returns to fit the next. As he tells me, it has been a
very rewarding (professionally and financially) experience for he and his
wife, but now he is looking to retire. I went to O and P school with him
many years ago and know him to be honest and ethical. He works his butt off
driving hundreds of miles each week to provide care to people who would
otherwise not receive it. He provides complete follow-up care to his
patients, just as you and I do. I am sorry to see people bash him for his
obvious ingenuity in putting together a clever business plan. I know the
physicians and patients who rely on his services will miss him. Whoever buys
this business will get a well run business with excellent referral sources.
Sounds like what we all want, huh!
I have no idea how being from Canada will help alleviate the worrisome
nature of this topic, nor do I believe that an O and P business is just a
couple of chairs, a van and a router.
Unethical? No, just unusual. I hope he sells his business for a million.to a
certified practitioner. (Are you listening, my friend?)
Warren R Mays, CPO
(Personally, I wouldn't include the knick-knacks on the same page as my
business for sale ad either. :-))
business well, I spoke at length to this gentleman and was very impressed
with at least the concept of his business approach. Some geographical areas
fit this model while others don't. Prior to the big fallout with prospective
payments in convalescent facilities and the like years ago, I considered a
mobile practice myself, scanner in hand. I love filling niches. Just like
some practitioners could benefit from alternative methods of consulting that
in their opinion may seem unusual or impractical at first. If we can fill a
need and it helps people, then great, as long as it is done professionally,
ethically and with good intention.
Randall D. Alley, BSc, CP, CFT, FAAOP
CEO, biodesigns, inc.
Chair, Upper Limb Prosthetic Society
P 310.291.4543
F 805.552.0705
<Email Address Redacted>
www.biodesigns.com
The information contained in this email message is PRIVILEGED and
CONFIDENTIAL information, intended only for the individual(s) named above.
You are hereby notified that any use, review, dissemination, distribution,
or copying of this document is prohibited. If you have received this email
in error, please notify us immediately by email or telephone and destroy the
original message. Thank you!
-----Original Message-----
From: Orthotics and Prosthetics List [mailto:<Email Address Redacted>] On
Behalf Of Warren Mays
Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 4:56 PM
To: <Email Address Redacted>
Subject: [OANDP-L] Mobile business for sale
I want to respond to Ted Trower's concerns about the mobile business for
sale. I won't defend the individual who now wants to sell out to the
highest bidder for his method of attracting buyers. I do happen to know who
this is: He is an ABC certified prosthetist (and BOC orthotist) who has
developed his business over many years. He goes into communities in rural
south Georgia that remain otherwise unserved by the O and P community. He
casts one week and returns to fit the next. As he tells me, it has been a
very rewarding (professionally and financially) experience for he and his
wife, but now he is looking to retire. I went to O and P school with him
many years ago and know him to be honest and ethical. He works his butt off
driving hundreds of miles each week to provide care to people who would
otherwise not receive it. He provides complete follow-up care to his
patients, just as you and I do. I am sorry to see people bash him for his
obvious ingenuity in putting together a clever business plan. I know the
physicians and patients who rely on his services will miss him. Whoever buys
this business will get a well run business with excellent referral sources.
Sounds like what we all want, huh!
I have no idea how being from Canada will help alleviate the worrisome
nature of this topic, nor do I believe that an O and P business is just a
couple of chairs, a van and a router.
Unethical? No, just unusual. I hope he sells his business for a million.to a
certified practitioner. (Are you listening, my friend?)
Warren R Mays, CPO
(Personally, I wouldn't include the knick-knacks on the same page as my
business for sale ad either. :-))
Citation
Randall Alley, “Re: "Mobile business for sale",” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 22, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/226571.
