Red flags when looking at practices for first job

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Pxyby

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Starting to look for jobs after fellowship. I am open to going to most parts of the country so am applying pretty broadly. So far I'm arranged for a couple trips that are all inclusive (flight, hotel, rental car). I have also talked to a couple places that seem promising on paper, but they do not fly applicants out and say basically "we would love to have you visit if you're in the area". Both of these are east coast so maybe this is more common out there? I don't like either of these places enough to pay for my own trip out there, but I wonder if this is a red flag and might be indicative of other parts of the practice?

And speaking of which, this will be my first "Real job" so I'm wondering if there's other things I should watch out for that would be red flags when visiting practices. I know about contract stuff to watch out for like malpractice and noncompete clauses, but how should I be evaluating these practices? Do large physician-run independent practices give you that much more independence and flexibility compared to a hospital employed job?
 
Starting to look for jobs after fellowship. I am open to going to most parts of the country so am applying pretty broadly. So far I'm arranged for a couple trips that are all inclusive (flight, hotel, rental car). I have also talked to a couple places that seem promising on paper, but they do not fly applicants out and say basically "we would love to have you visit if you're in the area". Both of these are east coast so maybe this is more common out there? I don't like either of these places enough to pay for my own trip out there, but I wonder if this is a red flag and might be indicative of other parts of the practice?

And speaking of which, this will be my first "Real job" so I'm wondering if there's other things I should watch out for that would be red flags when visiting practices. I know about contract stuff to watch out for like malpractice and noncompete clauses, but how should I be evaluating these practices? Do large physician-run independent practices give you that much more independence and flexibility compared to a hospital employed job?

are you in an out-patient or in patient specialty?
 
High turnover
Extremely high pay
 
Outpatient (endocrinology)

Anything that smells like you are going to be used and abused. You should be paid at around median with production paid for any work above that at around the median RVUs for outpatient endocrine. Find out how many patients they expect you to see in a day. Will you have time to be a good physician, or are they expecting you to use the EMR to just produce high level bills for the practice at possible the expense of your liability out on the clothes line.
 
a sign on bonus greater than 10K, or a pay that makes you saw "wow, thats the best paying gig i have come across"
 
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