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With decreasing reimbursement coupled with increasing salaries it is getting harder and harder for private practice groups to stay afloat. An ever increasing stipend has some hospitals saying “screw this, we will just employ the group”. I have only worked in a private practice model so I’m curious what some of the details of hospital employment looks like. For us, the motivation to do some of the day to day tasks is because we are running our own business, want it to succeed and therefore reap the benefits. In an employee model I can imagine a lot of that motivation goes away.
Who does all the admin work previously done by group physicians?
What happens if there is a call out/sick call? Basically how does the hospital cover a spot that is unexpectedly now vacant?
Do you have hours stipulated in your contract and if you go over is there overtime?
With the current labor shortage what happens when the group is short staffed?
Do you feel any autonomy or are you beholden to someone holding a clipboard locked away in the c suite?
How do you handle wage disputes especially in this environment of skyrocketing salaries?
I’m mainly curious about the differences in employment models since I’ve only worked for one type in my career.
Who does all the admin work previously done by group physicians?
What happens if there is a call out/sick call? Basically how does the hospital cover a spot that is unexpectedly now vacant?
Do you have hours stipulated in your contract and if you go over is there overtime?
With the current labor shortage what happens when the group is short staffed?
Do you feel any autonomy or are you beholden to someone holding a clipboard locked away in the c suite?
How do you handle wage disputes especially in this environment of skyrocketing salaries?
I’m mainly curious about the differences in employment models since I’ve only worked for one type in my career.