Physician Employment: Leveraging Benefits with Hospitals

Hospitals have become very creative and flexible on how they are able to attract new physicians and also consider merging with current physician groups. If physicians are able to negotiate during the offer process they are often able to get the practice set-up and other benefits they want.

Not only are physicians able to negotiate for hospital employed positions, but hospitals can also be flexible with joint ventures, non-profit physician networks, and making EMS and other software available to community physicians at a discounted rate.

Other terms physicians can negotiate, particularly for hospital employment opportunities, are flexible schedules and workloads, benefits, paid CMEs and other continued training, vacation and paid time off, and call schedules.

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http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/11/15/bisa1115.htm