The Business of Physician Recruitment

Currently there are many pending changes that will affect the healthcare industry, both from the perspectives of patients and physicians themselves with doubts of Medicare reimbursement, government intervention, and of course the state of the economy.

The existing physician shortage will only increase with the continued retirement of baby boomers and the changes in availability of insured patients. Now it is more important than ever for all parties seeking physicians to be competitive and open-minded in physician recruitment.

It is important for private practices, hospitals, and even academic facilities to be flexible in creating compensation packages and attracting potential candidates. Not only a competitive salary and benefit package, but also other incentives that appeal to a physician's quality of life such as ownership, shared call, vacation days, and other big-picture factors that contribute to the quality of an employment contract.

According to the “2009 Physician Retention Survey,” conducted by the American Medical Group Association and Cejka Search, there are some ways in addition to making income packages more attractive to appeal to physician candidates.

With the uncertain times ahead of us in the healthcare industry stability and incentives are more important than ever to attract top talent.


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