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I was thinking today about how the pod labs are basically operating on a fee splitting structure, i.e. the pathologist is doing his work and only getting part of the professional component while the urologist/dermatologist/gastro is getting the rest. But isn't that what goes on in private practice groups also?? The junior pathologist works for a salary and the senior partners make money off the juniors.
Private practice surgery groups operate on a "eat what you kill" structure. That is they share the costs of operating an office but their overall pay is based on how much business they do. It's a great system because if a guy wants to work less he makes less, while if a guy wants to bust his ass he'll make a lot more cash.
Shouldn't pathology private practice groups operate in a even split system (where seniors and juniors evenly split the revenue) or operate according to an "eat what you kill" system where you collect on whatever you signed out (that is if you sign out all the flow and no one else does, you get all that money, or if you sign-out all the derm biopsies, you keep all that money instead of splitting in with the group).
We need to do away with pod labs and private practice groups where one or a few guys control the contract and pay everyone else a salary. Those systems all involve fee splitting and are fundamentally unethical.
Academics is definitely the way to go so you don't have to worry about these things.
Private practice surgery groups operate on a "eat what you kill" structure. That is they share the costs of operating an office but their overall pay is based on how much business they do. It's a great system because if a guy wants to work less he makes less, while if a guy wants to bust his ass he'll make a lot more cash.
Shouldn't pathology private practice groups operate in a even split system (where seniors and juniors evenly split the revenue) or operate according to an "eat what you kill" system where you collect on whatever you signed out (that is if you sign out all the flow and no one else does, you get all that money, or if you sign-out all the derm biopsies, you keep all that money instead of splitting in with the group).
We need to do away with pod labs and private practice groups where one or a few guys control the contract and pay everyone else a salary. Those systems all involve fee splitting and are fundamentally unethical.
Academics is definitely the way to go so you don't have to worry about these things.