San Diego Expansion; prefer TEE or regional experience (but no hearts)

[joshmir]

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[periopdoc]

Why do you want TEE experience if there are no hearts?

- pod

 

[imfrankie]

Why do you want TEE experience if there are no hearts?

- pod

My guess is billing.

 

[hivoltage]

Asmg?

 

[nimbus]

Asmg?

No

 

[IlDestriero]

Asmg?

Not with those hours. Hourly rate sounds like Kaiser. It's not the Navy group either.

 

[El Dooderino]

Not with those hours. Hourly rate sounds like Kaiser. It's not the Navy group either.

is hourly normal or should red flags be raised?

 

[IlDestriero]

is hourly normal or should red flags be raised?

It's not a red flag, just an unusual payment method. Some places, like Kaiser and some academic programs, pay extra for work after hours. Most traditional partnerships do not. Maybe extra pay for taking call, but all the other "late" time, etc averages out in the quarterly/annual partner's bonus.

 

[joshmir]

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[imfrankie]

awwww.....come on guys you are hurting my feelings

no red flags here; i've been posting here for years would not lead you guys astray

-Yes, paid by hour; its actually a great system

-TEE and TTE wanted b/c we do vascular, cranies, sick ortho hip fx's/joints, and because we want to expand the skill set of our department; NOT for billing; does not need to be testamur status, certified, etc; just be facile with answering important basic questions (ie, degree of aortic stenosis, new wall motion abnormalities, response to therapy, r/o PE, etc)


But regional and echo skills are a preference; not necessary; good sense of humor is necessary

I wasn't suggesting it isn't useful in non-cardiac; just that you will be billing for it--correct? Yeah.

 

[joshmir]

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[joshmir]

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