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Anyone here have a successful PA setup in their practice?
Hospital has offered to hire a PA for me. I am booking out 6-8 weeks and although for chronic pain thats prob ok, and I end up squeezing in acutes, it would be nice to have some breathing room
My thoughts:
Pros:
- better pt access
- potential to use PA as a scribe/help with notes some of the time
- someone to handle scut work (handicap forms)
- PA could be trained to see appts that the PCP can't do but are simple with a little training (some office inj's, some opioid refills)
Cons/pitfalls:
- my pool of pts will be bigger which will make for more calls, etc, and if the PA cant handle it, that will add to rather than lighten my scutwork
- Hosp policy requires I review 25% of PA/NP notes
- $$, currently the orthos in my group dont get an supervisory compensation to speak of, the hosp keeps the diiference b/t what the PA generates and their salary. The justification is that the PAs assist them in the OR and some of those surgeries the hosp does not get paid for the assistant. The PAs do see their own clinic when not in OR
I think the structure of this would require some very specific language to ensure it will make my life better, not worse, as it could go either way. The hosp is not ramming this down my throat, it was thrown out there as: "would you like a PA?"
Hospital has offered to hire a PA for me. I am booking out 6-8 weeks and although for chronic pain thats prob ok, and I end up squeezing in acutes, it would be nice to have some breathing room
My thoughts:
Pros:
- better pt access
- potential to use PA as a scribe/help with notes some of the time
- someone to handle scut work (handicap forms)
- PA could be trained to see appts that the PCP can't do but are simple with a little training (some office inj's, some opioid refills)
Cons/pitfalls:
- my pool of pts will be bigger which will make for more calls, etc, and if the PA cant handle it, that will add to rather than lighten my scutwork
- Hosp policy requires I review 25% of PA/NP notes
- $$, currently the orthos in my group dont get an supervisory compensation to speak of, the hosp keeps the diiference b/t what the PA generates and their salary. The justification is that the PAs assist them in the OR and some of those surgeries the hosp does not get paid for the assistant. The PAs do see their own clinic when not in OR
I think the structure of this would require some very specific language to ensure it will make my life better, not worse, as it could go either way. The hosp is not ramming this down my throat, it was thrown out there as: "would you like a PA?"