Non-Monetary Compensation: What You Can Expect By Wendy Abdo, Staff Writer and Michael P. Broxterman, COO Pinnacle Health Group Finding the going monetary rate for your particular specialty is as easy as logging onto the MGMA’s website and downloading the current salary survey. However, it is not so easy to determine whether you are […]
Compensation Other Than Cash: What Employers Can Offer
Offering competitive monetary compensation is as easy as going to the MGMA’s website and downloading the current salary survey. Yet, by offering the right combination of “little extras” you may persuade a physician to join your group instead of your competitor’s.
Reasons Why Physicians Change Jobs: Results From PHG’s 2nd Annual Survey
In today’s competitive economy, physician recruitment is a costly undertaking. Yet when a doctor leaves, there is nothing else a medical organization can do but find a replacement as quickly as possible. The key to reducing physician turnover lies in understanding what makes physicians unhappy in their current positions.
Physician Recruitment Trends
Based on market analysis, it is becoming more difficult for medical groups to recruit physicians than it was twenty years ago.
Why Physicians Change Jobs – Results From PHG’s 2nd Annual Survey
In an effort to help improve physician retention and understand the underlying causes of workplace discontent, Pinnacle Health Group has initiated a survey to find out why docs leave.
How to Choose a Physician Recruitment Firm, Part 2 (Making the Right Choice)
It is important to locate the right physician for your organization, but how will you do it? Will you do your own recruitment? Should you use a recruitment firm and if so, what type of firm would work best? Before starting your search, these questions must be addressed.
How to Choose a Physician Recruitment Firm, Part 1 (Physician Recruitment Firm Defined)
Physician recruitment firms first came on the scene in the mid-1970s to assist medical organizations in placing physicians. Since then, these independent search firms have grown significantly and now number in the hundreds.
Malpractice Premiums: How They Affect A Physician’s Job Outlook
People are on edge about the sharp rise in malpractice insurance premiums. Many physicians have limited their clinical services or have even relocated to more equitable practice environments. Because of this, physicians in crisis states are concerned about whether to remain where they are or perhaps consider a move to a non-crisis state offering lower malpractice rates.