Medical Economics July 29, 2024
Physicians are too valuable to make compensation a source of dissatisfaction.
Nothing happens in most health care organizations until a physician (or other provider) writes an order.Nothing! No diagnosis means no treatment plan, no treatment, nothing to bill for, and no revenue stream. While financial gain is not typically the primary reason people go into medicine, failure to compensate competitively and respectfully can be a major dissatisfier.
Physicians report increasing stress related to pressures to improve quality of care, while significantly reducing costs, factors exacerbated by the recent pandemic. In San Jose, Calif., 450 doctors in the Santa Clara County health system recently agreed on a contract over untenable working conditions. The contract was finally completed just days before the...
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