Pinnacle Health Group’s compensation data is based on mean compensation and/or base salary for 174 surveyed physicians and 160 healthcare organizations, covering 40 specialties, from May to June 2015. The healthcare facilities for which the searches were performed included affiliated practices, healthcare management systems and physician groups. Compensation Trends The most notable trends impacting compensation […]
PHG finds an Ophthalmologist for a Medical School in West Virginia!
The Need: A regional medical center in West Virginia is seeking a physician to address the community’s increasing need for eye care. The facility was also looking to grow an Ophthalmology group with the goal of building a residency program in their medical school. The hospital also needed the physician as part of their succession […]
The Advantages of Working in a Rural Setting
Studies show that in the US, 65% of rural medical care centers lack adequate numbers of health professionals, with the distribution of physicians favoring urban areas. While rural areas often struggle when it comes to recruiting and retaining medical care providers, they also tend to be compromised of those who tend to be in poorer […]
Concierge Medicine: Personalizing Primary Care
Have you ever waited months to get an appointment to see your primary care doctor? Once you get an appointment, do you then have to wait a long time at the office to get into an exam room only to have the doctor spend a few minutes with you? Have you found that your doctor […]
A Creative Physician Recruitment Plan is Essential in Today’s Healthcare Landscape
by Michelle Penoyar, Staff Writer An established medical group in a rural community works to attract physicians by offering free food. You may ask: How is free food a feasible way to attract a scholarly, highly-intelligent physician to an opportunity? This idea may sound more like a way to entice a dog to behave, but […]
PHG Finds an Orthopedic Surgeon for a Florida-based Facility!
The Need: A 167-bed, full-service healthcare facility in Florida was seeking an orthopedic surgeon to partner with another surgeon. In addition to the tightly competitive candidate marketplace for this particular specialty, there were also very specific parameters the client put in place. The candidate needed to be board certified, Sports Orthopedics fellowship-trained, and willing to […]