Through market observation it can be seen that there is a strong reemergence of physician employment by hospitals and health systems. The strategic logic for this reemergence is similar to the past — ...

Security or autonomy? The choice between employment and private practice is often painted in black and white terms, but the choice, and consequences, of any career path are rarely so simple. Here are ...

Many physicians aren’t as familiar with RVUs as they’d like to be. Here’s some advice about RVUs in employment contracts from ...

As physicians continue to trend towards an employment model, the employment agreements physicians are asked to sign by hiring practices and facilities are likewise becoming increasingly standardized ...

Physician employment in hospitals has grown since 2007, as part of a greater strategy for hospital-physician alignment and increased service-line profits, according to a May report released by policy ...

Hospitals that hire physicians don't necessarily see a direct correlation to improved quality of care. While more hospitals switch to employment-based affiliations with physicians, an analysis ...

With employed physicians, the process is basically the same but with a few little twists and turns that medical staff leaders should understand. The traditional arrangement when a physician applies ...

Hospitals are increasingly employing physicians to gain market share and integrate providers into hospital operations, creating a problem for surgery centers that depend on surgical case volume from ...

More and more hospitals are employing physicians, but it isn’t helping them to improve quality scores in mortality rates, readmission rates, lengths of stay, or patient satisfaction. That’s the ...

Successful negotiation of physician employment agreements requires a careful balance of the objectives of the prospective employer with those of the prospective employee while ensuring that the ...

Through market observation it can be seen that there is a strong reemergence of physician employment by hospitals and health systems. The strategic logic for this reemergence is similar to the past — ...