Compensation for uc and telehealth

[johhnybgood]

Anyone have a rough idea of remuneration for ED docs that have opened own office for UC types of complaints or done telehealth?

Just looking for rough ranges.

Thanks!

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[Groove]

Tree Fiddy

 

[Ceez]

Is "remuneration" fancy talk for pay?

 

[EctopicFetus]

Is "remuneration" fancy talk for pay?

Thats private equity speak..

 

[Angry Birds]

I don’t understand the question exactly but what I do know is that the Uc and tele health pay has been half of what I’m paid per hour

 

[BoardingDoc]

Anyone have a rough idea of remuneration for ED docs that have opened own office for UC types of complaints or done telehealth?

Just looking for rough ranges.

Thanks!

You can probably make around 125-150/hr doing telehealth full time if you're seeing/calling 4-6 patients per hour and have a decent contract. You will also need to be licensed in most states in order to see that volume.

 

[TooMuchResearch]

You can probably make around 125-150/hr doing telehealth full time if you're seeing/calling 4-6 patients per hour and have a decent contract. You will also need to be licensed in most states in order to see that volume.

Turns out I can make a little more than that seeing 2.5 easy pph in urgent care around my area.

 

[EctopicFetus]

This might be a silly question. What is the benefit of working UC. The pay is 125-150 or so, lower end near me, you still have to hustle, many patients can still be demanding. I would rather make 2x seeing 2 ED pph. Perhaps i just dont find that pace or the patients all that stressful. I dont think im terribly special but curious the thoughts of others.

 

[RustedFox]

This might be a silly question. What is the benefit of working UC. The pay is 125-150 or so, lower end near me, you still have to hustle, many patients can still be demanding. I would rather make 2x seeing 2 ED pph. Perhaps i just dont find that pace or the patients all that stressful. I dont think im terribly special but curious the thoughts of others.

I can see the appeal of:

No psych patients.
No ambulance traffic.
No polysubstance intoxications.
No police.
No "Medical Clearance" cases.
etc.

and it's actually the appropriate environment for many of the things that we do in the ER every shift, so it feels like you get to work with normal, functioning people for a change. That last bit can't be understated.

 

[JAFERD_MD]

I can see the appeal of:

No psych patients.
No ambulance traffic.
No polysubstance intoxications.
No police.
No "Medical Clearance" cases.
etc.

and it's actually the appropriate environment for many of the things that we do in the ER every shift, so it feels like you get to work with normal, functioning people for a change. That last bit can't be understated.

key part is saying feels.

People don't know what an urgent care is for. The only difference is that they're all rich people who want to use their expensive insurance to get what they want faster than going through an ER. Think about where urgent cares typically open up.

1099 @ $140/hr years ago. Never again.

 

[TooMuchResearch]

key part is saying feels.

People don't know what an urgent care is for. The only difference is that they're all rich people who want to use their expensive insurance to get what they want faster than going through an ER. Think about where urgent cares typically open up.

1099 @ $140/hr years ago. Never again.

Site selection. I asked around and found the easiest place...
Xray and ultrasound on site.
No IVs.
Easy and mostly younger patient population.
Affiliated with a major health system in our area.
Often there are shift bonuses that carry the hourly to good EM level.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Pay me. I don’t care about the job. Don’t care how easy the UC is. Pay me.
I don’t like Being bored. I sometimes have to work a low volume low Acuity Ed. It is boring.

 

[Fox800]

You can make better than that slinging ED and hair meds for Hims, in your PJs. Just saying.

 

[EctopicFetus]

Have a buddy doing online doctor stuff for ozempic / mounjaro.. told me he makes 15k a month and he still works FT ED hours.

 

[AlmostAnMD]

Have a buddy doing online doctor stuff for ozempic / mounjaro.. told me he makes 15k a month and he still works FT ED hours.

Working FT ED and making 15k/month side money is a flag. For him, for the work, or both.

No sane person would continue to expose themselves to ED stress/medmal full time with that side revenue unless they are terrible at money management.

 

[sloh]

Working FT ED and making 15k/month side money is a flag. For him, for the work, or both.

No sane person would continue to expose themselves to ED stress/medmal full time with that side revenue unless they are terrible at money management.

That’s only 180k/yr

 

[AlmostAnMD]

That’s only 180k/yr

And work FT? Not part time?

 

[sloh]

And work FT? Not part time?

Wondering if FT secures him his primary job, and only has enough time left over to do the tele gig (less reliable long term option)

 

[DocEspana]

You can probably make around 125-150/hr doing telehealth full time if you're seeing/calling 4-6 patients per hour and have a decent contract. You will also need to be licensed in most states in order to see that volume.

Turns out I can make a little more than that seeing 2.5 easy pph in urgent care around my area.

Miami generally sucks for pay (and i mean suuuuucks) but the urgent care centers around here pay $200/hr for UC work, and generally pretty low volume UC work. 1.5-2pph.

Whats messed up is the full time emergency rooms here pay 215-250/hr for 2+ pph of hard work.

 

[HemorrhagicShock]

I would kill to have access to UCC rates of $200 per hour anywhere in CA

 

[DocEspana]

I would kill to have access to UCC rates of $200 per hour anywhere in CA

All the hospitals are in a desperate fight for patients here. The private UCCs don't have that much of a foothold. And the hospitals will argue that doctors are better than PAs and ER doctors are better than FM doctors.

This is the ONLY place on earth that this argument works in this direction and not the opposite way. But it's because the hospitals are literally fighting tooth and nail. They will open branded urgent care centers TOUCHING the property of an opposing hospital and on a 10 mile stretch of highway between two opposing hospitals, a third hospital will open a freestanding ER at the center point of that highway AND at the center point of one of the hospitals and the next one on that same highway (So now you have three full hospitals and two freestanding ERs in about 20 miles of highway). When you're fighting this dirty, you'll do stuff like put up giant signs saying that you're urgent care centers are staffed with ER doctors.

 

[TooMuchResearch]

You can make better than that slinging ED and hair meds for Hims, in your PJs. Just saying.

How much better...
I need licensing in all states? Easy to do with interstate licensing compact thing?

 

[TooMuchResearch]

Have a buddy doing online doctor stuff for ozempic / mounjaro.. told me he makes 15k a month and he still works FT ED hours.

His own thing or with a bigger company? Where do I sign up?

 

[EctopicFetus]

His own thing or with a bigger company? Where do I sign up?

Some online company.