Today, I would like to present the history and background so that you know what kind of people comprise MyPracticeEngine. Of course, when discussing history of any kind, there are usually varying accounts of the events comprising that history. Individual eyes have their own individual interpretation. No such biases exist in this story. As such, in this version of the story, we shall refer to it as the “correct” version and as such, the official one.
Things all started in the mid 1980’s. My father, Bart Palmisano, Sr., had his own accounting practice and I, Bart Palmisano, Jr., was an aspiring business person negotiating his way through the latter stages of high school and working for him after school and during summers. One of his clients, an orthodontist, had built a practice in Florida with multiple offices. The marketing side and treatment part of the practice generally ran pretty well, but the business side was nonexistent. There was no monitoring of results, no controls over important items like cash, no reconciliations of important balances and generally no business systems. As a result, more than one unscrupulous employee walked right into that business system void and out with over $250,000 in stolen payments. The business was nearly bankrupt despite the strong satisfaction of patients with the treatment outcomes.
