Thoughts on the impact of this as it relates to what it means to those of us who are still practicing or just getting into our practice?
I feel like we are seeing a mix of this right now. NPs and PAs are being trained and hired like crazy and pay has been very slowly creeping up for employed psychiatrists. Lots more telework gigs available, too. Not much legal protection yet. If organizations can replace us with cheap labor, that will be their preference. Fortunately/unfortunately very ill patient severity make that somewhat difficult. I'm oversimplifying, of course.I’m sure society and healthcare organizations in general will start to realize a psychiatrist’s value. Pay will increase, as will student loan forgiveness benefits. Psychiatrists will be given statutory liability protection to ward off frivolous lawsuits to keep them practicing and encourage more doctors to move into the field.
That, or 2 year RNs will be granted prescribing privileges by lawyers in state legislatures who don’t understand anything about medicine or psychiatric care.
I believe he was being sarcasticI feel like we are seeing a mix of this right now. NPs and PAs are being trained and hired like crazy and pay has been very slowly creeping up for employed psychiatrists. Lots more telework gigs available, too. Not much legal protection yet.
I am assuming they are referring to the fact that 55% of psychiatrists are over the age of 60. It is not true that 45% of current psychiatrists will be retiring in the next 5 years. Many psychiatrists continue to practice well into their 70s and 80s (as is currently the case) and in fact one of the reasons why there are so many psychiatrists over 60.Do you have a reference for this statistic? Would be helpful to be able to cite the publication in talking with administrators in our system. Thx.
I am assuming they are referring to the fact that 55% of psychiatrists are over the age of 60. It is not true that 45% of current psychiatrists will be retiring in the next 5 years. Many psychiatrists continue to practice well into their 70s and 80s (as is currently the case) and in fact one of the reasons why there are so many psychiatrists over 60.
Thoughts on the impact of this as it relates to what it means to those of us who are still practicing or just getting into our practice?
Also why we have really low own occupation disability insurance rates, it's actually pretty hard to be still a) alive and b) unable to practice psychiatry in a meaningful way. What this says about standard of care is left as an exercise to the reader.
****, that's what I spent half my time doing now.Gotta love it when the standard is the ability to fog up a mirror held directly under the nose. Frankly I'm looking forward to some of them finally retiring although that leaves the rest of us to sort through inappropriate benzo regimens their patients have been on for 30+ years.
anecdotal.Many physicians entered psych during the "Golden Age" of medicine (1950-1975). There were no prior authorizations, minimal insurance company issues as most patients paid in cash, and all you needed for your private practice was a front desk person, who handled scheduling, billing, and refills.
Look at things today. Psych hospitalists do rounds, and you have to have a separate staff person just to handle PA's. Percentage wise, fewer MD's are going into psych than before, and many retire early. I have a psych MD friend who retired at 50, as he was just tired of all the administrative BS he had to put up with.
Yeah... this. Was initially projected to retire within about ~10 years of finishing fellowship. Now is not looking so certain. 🙁Stock market crash may push some near retirement back into prolonged working.
Yeah... this. Was initially projected to retire within about ~10 years of finishing fellowship. Now is not looking so certain. 🙁
Stay the course! Think of it as more buying opportunities rather than losses.
I've been slowly selling off my equity holdings, and plan to start buying again on dips once the Dow is below 20k