Before managed care complicated the picture, physician recruitment was already a challenging process. Recruiters sought a blend of medical expertise and personality characteristics. Physicians were not only interested in the practice, but also in the management dynamics of local hospitals and the community’s appeal to their families. Today’s managed care environment adds a new dimension […]
Low Reimbursements, High Cost of Living Dim Recruitment
Boston is renowned for its prestigious teaching hospitals, but insiders fear its reputation may be slipping as the area continues to experience trouble recruiting doctors who can afford to live here.
World Job Bank Is The Largest Online Registry Dedicated To Physician Opportunities
The National Association of Physician Recruiters (NAPR) announced today that it has developed an online listing of opportunities exclusively dedicated to physicians of all specialties. Member firms have listed their opportunities to create the largest online database of physician opportunities. Physicians can access and make initial contacts through the power of the Internet. In design […]
How to Recruit the Right Physician to Match Your Managed Care Environment
Using the status of your local managed care market to drive the recruitment process enables you to determine a better match with a candidate.
How to Select and Influence Physicians to Successfully Operate in a Managed Care Environment
Today’s successful physicians possess a skill that their predecessors did not require: the ability to factor economic considerations into their clinical decisions. Finding doctors with this expertise is challenging because it is not part of their traditional training.
It Does Not Have to be a Battle
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? How to build a relationship between our in-house and out-of-house recruiters.
Physician Compensation Growth Slows
Modern Healthcare’s 1999 report on physician compensation surveys suggests that compensation has declined for five specialties.
eCruiting Trims Hospital Human Resources Costs
By Ted Elliott, for HealthLeaders.com Internet recruiting, or “eCruiting,” is rapidly changing employee recruiting, staffing, and even HR management in the healthcare arena as healthcare providers struggle to cope with an emerging critical shortage of labor. Changes brought about by the evolution of managed care as the dominant health care delivery model, combined with a […]