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Would you let them treat your mother?

The criteria for a good fit is specific to your clinic, your team, and your community. Here's how to define it.

How a bad fit placement becomes obvious

A good-fit physician walks in asking how the program works. A bad fit walks in telling the team what's wrong.

What brings independent contractor cost down to W-2 equivalent

The financial and clinical pieces have to work together. That only happens when the staffing partner is in the room.

What gets lost when physician staffing gets centralized

Placement success can't be determined by a VMS.

Fixed costs don't move when patient volume fluctuates

A 20% seasonal surge is predictable. Overpaying through the off-season doesn't have to be.

One physician is not a system

The most fragile specialty program is the one built around a single physician.

Physician culture fit is not a feeling

Credentials tell you what a physician can do. Culture fit tells you how they will show up every day.

Are you measuring what you can control?

Your board holds you to metrics that don't capture the work your team does every day.

The question most hospitals won't ask themselves

Physician staffing models built for 2010 fail today's hospitals. Dr. Arthurs on matching patient needs to provider expertise.