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Preface this by saying this is more a question of what can an agency/company actually mandate/enforce for someone who is not a full time employee when it comes to job requirements, service volume, schedule.
So like many I've had FFS jobs and salaried jobs. Currently I'm presented with an opportunity at my current employer to go FFS instead of Salaried. I can remain salaried or go FFS , various factors have me leaning to FFS and I just think I prefer it lifestyle wise (and calculated I technically earn more per service/hour with no cap).
Company offered FFS (as a W-2 so get unemployment eligibility, no self-employment tax) but says FFS must work at least X number of days per week and productivity wise see at least X number of services a week (a points system). Now I understand, and ethically and clinically makes sense, that it's reasonable to require showing up to a facility/practice/setting at least once a week. And this is more healthcare facility setting work (think more evals , brief follow ups, screenings) versus traditional therapy sessions so I understand they wouldn't want to send someone to a facility who only sees 3 people a day then goes home, when they could send a salaried person there and require them to meet certain productivity numbers.
They aren't saying FFS has to work certain hours or certain times of day, nor are they saying FFS has to engage in other work tasks other than of providing services and timely notes/billing.
However, from an employment perspective, it seems they are also saying FFS must work at least X days and must meet X productivity requirements. Common sense says, of course FFS clinicians have an incentive to work more (work more = earn more) but isn't that then up to the discretion of the FFS clinician not the agency/company?
Personally, it seems pedantic. At end of the day seems like a no brainer I would "make the productivity numbers" because more I work more I earn - but then as FFS isn't that my problem (and my freedom to choose how much or little I work)? The freedom and flexibility is a big reason why I'd ditch the salary.
So TLDR: If a FFS W-2 position falls below the threshold for what would reasonably consider "full time hours" and one is only paid for services rendered, can this company actually enforce or require FFS positions meet a "productivity requirement?" Especially if they aren't offering any benefits that cost them money unless they pay (ie 401k option). I can see how "salaried" they "must justify" the cost by demanding minimum productivity standards, but FFS I fail to see how (other than if the clinician is a dud in a facility and they could make more money off a salaried clinician at that facility, more their problem) they can actually mandate or enforce "have to see X number of patients over X number of days."
So like many I've had FFS jobs and salaried jobs. Currently I'm presented with an opportunity at my current employer to go FFS instead of Salaried. I can remain salaried or go FFS , various factors have me leaning to FFS and I just think I prefer it lifestyle wise (and calculated I technically earn more per service/hour with no cap).
Company offered FFS (as a W-2 so get unemployment eligibility, no self-employment tax) but says FFS must work at least X number of days per week and productivity wise see at least X number of services a week (a points system). Now I understand, and ethically and clinically makes sense, that it's reasonable to require showing up to a facility/practice/setting at least once a week. And this is more healthcare facility setting work (think more evals , brief follow ups, screenings) versus traditional therapy sessions so I understand they wouldn't want to send someone to a facility who only sees 3 people a day then goes home, when they could send a salaried person there and require them to meet certain productivity numbers.
They aren't saying FFS has to work certain hours or certain times of day, nor are they saying FFS has to engage in other work tasks other than of providing services and timely notes/billing.
However, from an employment perspective, it seems they are also saying FFS must work at least X days and must meet X productivity requirements. Common sense says, of course FFS clinicians have an incentive to work more (work more = earn more) but isn't that then up to the discretion of the FFS clinician not the agency/company?
Personally, it seems pedantic. At end of the day seems like a no brainer I would "make the productivity numbers" because more I work more I earn - but then as FFS isn't that my problem (and my freedom to choose how much or little I work)? The freedom and flexibility is a big reason why I'd ditch the salary.
So TLDR: If a FFS W-2 position falls below the threshold for what would reasonably consider "full time hours" and one is only paid for services rendered, can this company actually enforce or require FFS positions meet a "productivity requirement?" Especially if they aren't offering any benefits that cost them money unless they pay (ie 401k option). I can see how "salaried" they "must justify" the cost by demanding minimum productivity standards, but FFS I fail to see how (other than if the clinician is a dud in a facility and they could make more money off a salaried clinician at that facility, more their problem) they can actually mandate or enforce "have to see X number of patients over X number of days."