How are those golf courses going to exist when they run out of water?
From what I hear, you get good rates... my friends take lots of water. The tennis courts are empty right now too. Stand up paddle/kayaking/tubing is still pretty popular even on the hot days -- lakes and rivers.
Oh, just checked their website; it no longer lists AZ. One of my friends who works for them in FL was telling me I should join the AZ group. Didn't even talk to them at that point. My friend at Valley tells me Envision is still having major issues too.
I think so too - but sometimes I don’t know the whole story. This is what Ive heard- Years ago I think USAP pitched those groups and they picked envision. USAP took a less desirable contract there just to get a foothold in the market. Eventually became a waste of resources I think so USAP is out.
Why would anyone ever entertain a permeant job for AMC?
Yes, Valley is an Envision company now, although according to must accounts seems to maintain more autonomy than most other Envision groups.
Exactly
A better way to put it is that Valley Anesthesiology Consultants is Envision because Envision (formerly known as Sheridan) is in many other states, also owning Emergency Medicine groups. Valley Anesthesiology Consultants in Phoenix is one of the largest private practice groups they acquired (over 300 physicians with several different divisions across Phoenix). Even though Valley is now owned by Envision, they're referred to across Phoenix as Valley Anesthesiology Consultants still.
Phoenix is a really weird market. Valley is a good job if you don't mind the call (from talking to a bunch of people in Valley). I moved there in 2020 to be closer to family, and I'm a Wildcat. I left the group I was with, and I'm doing locums now.
Summer's not that long. I love the weather, and there are lakes. I've used my SUP board a few times. I'm sad that locums has taken me out of PHX in the summer. Granted, it's not like where I grew up (HI), but it's better than so many other places!
They've got regular locums too there. I may pick up a few shifts when I'm in town from my out of town assignments. I hadn't heard of this ambassador things, but I'm staying away from it!
Yea this is a good example of the business guys not understanding the nature of the business if anesthesia… or maybe they don’t care and they were all planning to have a monopoly on the business and be able to set the business. No one does locums for an extended period of time. It’s either that they want a little extra money from their regular job that has lots of vacation or someone transitioning in life. No one is going to sign up to be the permanent locums person especially in this day and age where Life outside of work takes more precedence than it ever has before. Alll they see is that locums companies are getting a huge amount of money and have to pay a middle man…. Well they think keep the $ cut out the middleman. It’s not that simple and I do not think these ventures will be successful.
From the gossip I hear this was the Final blow for phymed
How is the actual cost 4x the salary? I don’t understand how that math works?
Interestingly I just talked to a sound recruiter about this because I’m on their locums list. It’s not a bad gig and I end up ahead of where I am now on an hourly basis. It’s like $15k a week. Downside is I don’t know where I’d go BUT I can put in preferences. I don’t know. I’m liking the current locums market. How long will it last?
Heard that Valley did no pull out of there and that on the contrary, Valley is still very present.
I’m a locums at banner and sound takes over the whole thing in April. Valley can’t staff a lot of cases so they get put on other groups. I’m thinking envision is sinking... but there are 6 groups here alone soooo I don’t know what’s going to happen
its insane that's the answer. No one group can cover it all is the issue, I think. And it seems like everyone I run into in PHX has an envision non-compete.
