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Forget Taco Bell- Franchise Opportunities for Emergency Physicians . Derek C. McCalmont M.D., M.S. Management. General Tso. YUM BRANDS. What’s Your Number?. 35y.o. Retire at 50. Live to 100y.o. (die penniless) Inflation 3% Returns 5% Spend $150,000 $7,578,643 per ING.
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Forget Taco Bell- Franchise Opportunities for Emergency Physicians Derek C. McCalmont M.D., M.S. Management
What’s Your Number? • 35y.o. • Retire at 50. • Live to 100y.o. (die penniless) • Inflation 3% • Returns 5% • Spend $150,000 • $7,578,643 per ING
What’s Your Number • Same Assumptions Plus • Income $290,000 (inc. spouse) • Savings $200000 • IRA $500000 • Contributions 5% • Includes Social Sec. • $5,116,378 per CNN • IF- Portfolio returns 11.4% • Likelihood- 21%
Online Calculators • http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/retirementplanner/retirementplanner.jsp • http://www.bloomberg.com/personal-finance/calculators/retirement/ • http://money.msn.com/retirement/retirement-calculator.aspx • http://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/investing/investment_help/retirement_planning/retirement_calculator
Your Number Is…. BIG!
What Do We Know? • Coffee • Donuts • Medicine
What Do They Have in Common? • Franchise Opportunities
A Few Facts On Franchising • Well over 3000 franchise businesses in U.S. with 2-10,000+ units. • “Over 50 franchises are sold each day”- Economic Outlook • Top 106 Franchises= 9945 new units/yr. • 10 largest franchise systems=%50.2 total sales • Many offer multiple levels of investment/opportunity from different sized single units to multiple units. • Bricks and Mortar vs. Home vs. Internet
Fastest Growth Categories (By Growth in Operating Units) • Who’s #1?- • Quick Service Restaurants- Sandwiches (6), Frozen Yogurt (4) • Senior Care (10) • Commercial Cleaning- low start-up costs • Janitorial Services- 3 in the top 10.
What are the largest franchise systems? Love at First Sight Since introduced in 1966, close to 6.5 billion Slurpee® drinks have been sold, almost enough for every person on the planet
How Much Does It Cost? • Franchise Fees- $0-$100,000+ • Standard Royalty Fee- 6% of gross • Advertising- $? Usually goes into a regional budget which may or may not benefit your location. • Total Investment- $2000-$13.5 Million (Hampton Hotels)
What Do I Get? • Business Plan- Needed to secure financing • Detailed operating model- limited ability to adapt (Bigger the company, less variability) • Brand- • Training- None to months • Franchisee support • Software
How Do I Learn More? • Minimal Info on-line • Complete an information form (financial) • Sign a non-disclosure • Attend a “Discovery Day” • Obtain a Franchise Disclosure Document • Do your own industry research- all franchises predict growth of their industry- no different than any non-franchise business
The FDD • Governed by FTC rules • Several Hundred pages long. • Item 19: Financial Performance Representations”?”
KrispyCreme • Multiple Locations only • Only 4 markets available in the U.S. • KK Factory Store- $1M • Finances- $1M in liquid assets, $2M Net Worth.
Dunkin’ Donuts • Franch. Fee $40-80K • Royalty Fee 5.9% • Total Inv. $310K-$771K • Coffee makes up 60% of sales • Margins on coffee “exceedingly high” • Coffee>breakfast sandwichs>donuts • IPO June 2011 $19…March 5, 2013 $38.15
Coffee Industry • 270M Potential Customers • 70% drink coffee= 189M • Seattle has 1 coffee shop per 2,500 people • Nationwide 24,000 to 1 • Currently 12,750 shops (SBUX 6,700) • Mature market 7,500-1 or 30,300 shops • Regular customer is worth $700/yr.
Mystery Coffee FranchiseItem 19 • Franchise Fee $30,000 • Initial Investment $176-$340K • Royalty and Marketing 9.24% • Net Sales per cup $3.24 • Cups to break even 263 • Assumes owner functions as manager AM shifts (assists with customers when busy) • 363 cups/day = approx. $100k profit/yr. • How many can you sell?
Coffee Pros and Cons • Pro- Modest start-up costs • Pro- High Margins! • Pro- Relatively easy to learn operating model • Pro- Growing market (? Less ideal locations) • Con- Owner as manager (to start) • Con- Employee turnover/training • Con- Need multiple franchises to make economic sense for doctors • Con- Retail experience helpful (but we have customer satisfaction experience).
The Urgent Care Industry • Open for 30+ years • 8700 centers in the U.S. • 85% Open 7 days/wk. • Avg. 342 patients/wk. • Over 150 Million Visits Annually • 50% physician owned • 21.7% Emergency Medicine
Is The Time Right? • Increased Access • Lower Cost • Improved Quality ? • Only 57% of Americans with a PCP have access to same or next day appointments • 63% report difficulty with access on nights, weekends or holidays. • 20% of adults waited 6 days or more to see a doctor when they were sick in 2010 • 45,000 too few PCPs by 2020
PCP Partners • Patient Centered Medical Home • New accountability • New IT • “Enhanced Access” • Expand office hours and accept more unscheduled patients vs. partnering for episodic UC visits.
Lower Cost • Avg. cost of an UC visit is slightly BELOW the average primary care visit ($155 vs. $165) • Difference in cost between an UC and ED visit for the SAME DIAGNOSIS ($228-$583). • 116.8M ED visits per year x 27.1% (est. 8-57% non-emergent)= 31.64M visits= cost savings $7.22B-$18.45B per annum. • Does NOT include 30M newly insured with no place to go. (Suggests room for additional centers in areas already served)
Common Conditions • Fevers • URIs • Sprains/Strains • Lacerations • Contusions • Back pain • Most can treat fractures and give IV fluids • Most have x-ray and lab processing onsite
Market Niche • NOT freestanding EDs- Not equipped for life threatening conditions. • NOT in-store retail clinics (broader scope of services and ages, primarily physician or physician/MLP staffed vs. MLPs alone). • Many offer scheduled primary care visits and/or physical therapy. • New Options Emerging
Franchise Fee $55,000 • Royalty Fee 6% of gross sales • Initial Investment $526K-$715K (inc. FF) • Net worth $750K, Liquid Investments $350K • Multi-unit discounts available. • Term- 15 years with 4 optional 5 year renewal terms. • Advertising fees $1000/month spent in local market plus unspecified “ad fund” contributions when “deemed appropriate”.
Founded 2005 by an EM physician • Board Eligible/Board Certified physicians- no MLPs, no residents • In-House pharmacy • Lab and X-ray on-site • Occupational Medicine • Billing Services via “specialized approved” vendor • Software System- Intake, scheduling, integrated payroll/benefit etc.
No direct financing available. • No prior industry experience required • Training- 5 days at corporate headquarters (you pay travel/lodging) plus on-site training around opening, on-line learning modules, webinars etc. • Support- Operations manual, periodic on-site visits, e-mail, phone, on-line support services website, hiring
Assistance with licensing and credentialing • Advertising materials • Site selection • Center design
All Board Certified Emergency Physicians • Offers Lab, CT, Ultrasound • Accept Chest Pain, Abdominal Pain but no ambulances • Open 8A-10P • Online check-in • Urgent Care co-pays • www.urgencyroom.com
Urgent Care Pros and Cons • Pro- We know the medicine • Pro- Growing Market • Pro- No overnight shifts/limited day shifts • Pro- Modest volume (30 patients/day) is profitable • Con- Significant start-up costs • Con- Unpredictable future reimbursement • Con- Focus is on building the business, not seeing patients. • Con- Structured model (Often difficult for physicians)