Compensation Survey Provider Review: Comparably

November 26, 2024October 27, 2022 by Justin Nabity

As a physician, it can be difficult to ascertain exactly how well you should be compensated. Due to the professional nature of your practice, training, or even specialization, being a physician carries inherent obstacles to overcome. While some businesses can stay local and try to attract customers to their business, physicians, and most other trained … Read more

Compensation Survey Provider Review: Medscape

November 27, 2024August 26, 2022 by Justin Nabity

Why do many doctors and medical students rely on resources like the Medscape Compensation Report? To become a doctor, a student needs to make a considerable investment. Completing college, medical school, and a residency takes years of hard work in a highly competitive environment. Thus, doctors deserve a chance to maximize the value of all … Read more

Sports Medicine Salary Range and the Factors that Impact it

November 18, 2024August 11, 2022 by Justin Nabity

The sports medicine branch of the medical field has many career options, with a sports medicine physician being one of the top options. This physician specialty falls under family practice physicians, and within this role, you help people be in top form for athletic pursuits. Your role includes diagnosing athletic injuries and conditions, and then … Read more

Compensation Survey Provider Review: Merritt Hawkins

November 27, 2024August 5, 2022 by Justin Nabity

Merritt Hawkins is one of the largest healthcare recruiting and consulting companies in the United States. It specializes in matching healthcare providers who need employees with physicians and advanced practitioners looking for opportunities to advance. Merritt Hawkins provides data and analysis for its own associates and other healthcare professionals. This information gives industry professionals insight … Read more

Academic Medicine: What It Is, Benefits, Top 10 Academic Institutions

November 18, 2024June 28, 2022 by Justin Nabity

Academic medicine is an area of medicine for doctors who wish to engage in scholarly activities. That is, they typically spend time doing clinical care, researching, and teaching in the field. Though the actual workload they do differs from one area to the next, with some focusing solely on academics and leaving clinical medicine, others … Read more

What Should an Employment Agreement for Physicians Include?

December 10, 2024February 1, 2022 by Justin Nabity

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Whether you work in family medicine, cardiology, anesthesiology, or any other medical specialty, you’ll need to sign an employment agreement at some point in your career.

Employment agreements are legally binding contracts. Before you sign one, make sure that you understand all the terms, clauses, and stipulations spelled out in the contract.

No matter what type of medical care you provide, here’s what every physician employment agreement should include. As well as an explanation of why you need a contract review to make sure you’re signing a fair deal.

Full Guide to Surgeon Salaries by Specialty and Region

June 7, 2024December 18, 2021 by Justin Nabity

There are dozens of paths you can choose for a career in healthcare. For a physician, the career path you take depends on the residency program you choose. Here’s our full guide to general surgeon wages, including by surgical subspecialties and region

While some residency programs have one specific focus, others, such as general surgery, give you the option to pursue several different paths.

Nonetheless, not all general surgeons earn the same salary. The type of general surgeon you become, along with where you choose to work, will directly impact your salary.

Ready to learn which general surgeons earn the most and which earn the least?

Full Guide to Physicians Malpractice Tail Coverage

January 3, 2025November 1, 2021 by Justin Nabity

Every doctor knows that malpractice insurance is essential to protect their career. However, few fully understand why malpractice tail coverage is so important.

Even if you plan on staying at your current position until you retire, you cannot fully control every factor that would make that a reality.

For example, you might be in good standing with your healthcare organization. However, the organization itself might be failing financially and go under. Where would that leave you?

Do you still need malpractice tail coverage if your current malpractice policy is about to end and you plan on changing up insurance companies?

These questions and more are going to be answered with this full guide to physicians’ malpractice tail coverage.

Primary Care Physician Salaries [And the Factors That Influence Them]

July 5, 2023October 31, 2021 by Justin Nabity

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With the job title of primary care physician, you are the number one point of contact with your patients.

You’d think that your pay would reflect that.

However, according to The Heartland Institute, the salary for primary care physicians has barely increased in the past five years, while specialty physicians have seen a constant rise in salary.

Now, data from Sullivan Cotter does show that physician compensation across the board is still rising due to increased demand.

This means that physicians have more leverage in salary negotiations.

While there are certain factors that you can’t control, you can take measures to ensure that you are earning a base salary above the national average.

This article will delve into those measures. We’ll also discuss ways to protect your income and how to set yourself up for a strong financial future.

How to Buy Into a Private Practice (Valuations and More)

June 3, 2025September 29, 2021 by Justin Nabity

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As a physician in primary care or specialty care, there may come a time when you decide to go into business for yourself. One option is to open your own private practice so you can tend to patients in any way that you see fit.

Another option is to partner with other like-minded physicians and open a brand new group practice.

But for the physician that isn’t prepared to handle the complexities of starting a brand new medical practice, there is another option:

Buying into a practice that already exists.

Considering buying into an existing medical group?

From determining the valuation of a practice to understanding the compensation model, here’s what you need to know before buying in as a new partner in a private practice.

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