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Originally Posted by thelegges
Before more beds are added you need a CON, from the state, with the flux of seasonal residents, its harder to prove need of beds. Yes TV sends recruiting info, but for about 60% less income warm weather or not most don't take that option.
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The question actually is whether or not more inpatient beds are needed, more physicians are needed, both, or neither. Given enough political clout, a CON is relatively easy to obtain.
My post on recruiting was referring to TV Health system, not hospitalists or ER physicians. Their offer is hardly "60% less income", actually, it is just a shade under the national average for primary care (including both FPs and internists). So, if you are just finishing a family practice residency in Mississippi, it's a pretty good offer. If you are a board certified internist with 30 years of clinical, administrative and teaching experience, it's not so good. If you are a FMG who desperately needs any job just to maintain a J-1 visa and stay in the country, anything is a good offer. The lifestyle advantage is pretty good---40 hrs. a week office work, minimal call responsibility, 4 weeks vacation plus CME, malpractice and health insurance paid.
I don't know what they are offering hospitalists, but very likely around the national average as well. The ER docs are employed by an outside group, so that's a different situation.
From what I observed, the problem in the ER would seem to be less related to the number of physicians, but the pace at which they and the staff work, as well as how quickly the floors clear rooms and accept new patients. Seasonal influx plays a role, but I've worked in ERs a lot busier than this with nowhere near the waiting times that patients are reporting