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[theanswer03]

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Is it true a PM&R doc can make >300-400k working as in general inpatient rehab at health south?

This is what I've heard from some of the graduating seniors at my program.

 

[RUOkie]

where do people come up with this crap?

 

[theanswer03]

What have you heard? I'm just curious as this seems too good to be true. They also told me that these attendings are rounding on close to 30 patients a day and are always on call...

 

[Baritonebass]

I worked with a guy my intern year who had a census of 50(the whole hospital)... Patients admitted and discharge by medicine, rehab acts as a consultant... Conference patient M-Th during lunch and still did EMG at the va while working a Half day on Friday. His days started at 6am... Plenty of money with the relaxation... Being from the south I can tell you those large figure are real but your going work for it.

 

[theanswer03]

I worked with a guy my intern year who had a census of 50(the whole hospital)... Patients admitted and discharge by medicine, rehab acts as a consultant... Conference patient M-Th during lunch and still did EMG at the va while working a Half day on Friday. His days started at 6am... Plenty of money with the relaxation... Being from the south I can tell you those large figure are real but your going work for it.

Was that at a health south? How $$ are you talking about?

 

[Xardas]

To make big numbers in inpatient you will need to be the medical director for the stipend. Some of the corporations pay better than other. You will need very low overhead.

At health south You will probably have to sacrifice some degree of integrity and be at risk of being shady accepting patients that are not appropriate for irf. If you don't then they will cut you and find someone else.

Inpatient rehab guys can still do really well but you got to hook on in the organization.

 

[Xardas]

Also the whole pmr acts as consultant and Im admits doesn't fly anymore. Cms in 2010 said it has to be a "rehab" physician as primary. A internist or neurologist can be grandfathered in as a rehab doc. If they are then their role is rehab mgmt. consulting pmr is duplication of services.

 

[RUOkie]

Also the whole pmr acts as consultant and Im admits doesn't fly anymore. Cms in 2010 said it has to be a "rehab" physician as primary. A internist or neurologist can be grandfathered in as a rehab doc. If they are then their role is rehab mgmt. consulting pmr is duplication of services.

And you'd better be prepared to fight CMS constantly. My friends who do inpt are constantly writing letters to appeal the RAC audits. The documentation needed is insane.

 

[AndyDufrane]

Also the whole pmr acts as consultant and Im admits doesn't fly anymore. Cms in 2010 said it has to be a "rehab" physician as primary. A internist or neurologist can be grandfathered in as a rehab doc. If they are then their role is rehab mgmt. consulting pmr is duplication of services.

well am 6 months into a gig at a hospital that changed the model from physiatrist to internist as primary on Rehab unit, and I and the outgoing physiatrist warned them, and its turning out to be a disaster, the internists don't see the patients the required number of times per week required of an attending and are always trying to admit inappropriate patients, don't follow my recs regarding meds for anxiety, aphasia, etc. I am looking for other gigs as a back up. plus they are giving me 50% of the medical director stipend that was given to the previous primary physiatrist attending stipend.