Episode 31: How To Choose The Right Bank For Your Medical Business

The Private Medical Practice Academy

Here are 3 key things that you want to assess when assessing a bank’s quality of service:

• You want a bank that demonstrates a firm understanding of a medical practice’s unique cash flow needs. As we all know, medical businesses function differently than a typical business. What services are offered to you and how much they cost is largely impacted by how familiar the financial institution is with medical businesses.
• You want to understand the bank’s responsiveness. For example, how quickly are deposits credited to your account? Are capital requirements met in a timely and efficient manner? For example, if you have a line of credit with them—how easy is it to access? If you need a loan—how many hoops do you need to jump through. Everything — from tracking an important wire transfer to helping finance an expansion project — should be addressed with speed and efficiency. The bank is there to make your life easier—not be a nosebleed.
• The bank should be easily accessible to answer questions; provide training on any account-related technologies; and offer insights into how it can meet your banking, financing and treasury management needs. Having a dedicated, single point of contact to address your businesses unique needs is crucial to understanding and anticipating challenges. Your financial partner should be easily accessible to answer questions.

Before deciding on a bank ask for references from other medical businesses.

Now I want to talk about products and services that you want your bank to offer in order to address the unique financial needs of your medical business.

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There are several factors that you are going to want to consider:

• Is a Minimum Balance Required?
• How quickly do You Have Access to the Funds?
• How Often Will You Make Withdrawals?
• How many deposits Will You Be Making?

Now that I’ve talked about banking (and essentially money coming into the bank), let’s talk about loans.

• Revolving line of credit- borrow as much or as little as you need to meet your working capital needs
• Term loan- to finance longer term investments like an expansion of your office or opening a new satellite office

Full suite of treasury management products and other services:

• Lockbox services
• Remote deposit capture
• Biller and payment solutions
• Fed EDI
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