A website of prominence these days promotes the use of the “TL;DR” tag at either the beginning or the end of a long posting and it stands for “too long; didn’t read” and such a tag is normally followed by a brief synopsis of the ostensibly “too long” article for those not inclined toward engaging in a lengthy read.

Such a tag seems rather appropriate for this topic since it ...

by Bo Claypool

We have observed that there is a belief among physicians, physician group practice administrators and others that only medical groups in non-major metropolitan areas should engage or should need professional, agency assistance when it comes to physician recruitment.

While it certainly stands to reason that relatively rural practices would require our help, the notion that there is no value in hiring a physician recruitment firm if you are in a major city is just outright false. In fact, ...

Dr. Steven L. Armus fits the profile of many of our search clients; to wit, a dermatologist in an area that while it wouldn’t be described as rural, it also wouldn’t be described as a major metropolitan area.

Dr. Armus’ practice is in what many would describe as the far north Chicagoland area, or south of Milwaukee in Racine, Wisconsin.

His practice is robust because, like virtually every other area in the country it is under-served with respect to dermatology.  The benefit ...

by Bo Claypool

It was not long ago that I had a relatively successful physician recruiter, not affiliated with Integro Healthcare, ask why we still had recruiters making cold-calls or “dialing for doctors” as we like to call it. For those unfamiliar with where this question comes from, I will provide a little background

At one time, a physician recruiter was nothing more than a person willing to open the phonebook and make as many calls as possible per day in ...

By Bo Claypool

Since our physician recruiters are really more like group practice consultants than mere headhunters, we go beyond consulting with you as to the immediate financial package offered to a prospective physician candidate and we actually help you structure the totality of the deal, to include buy-in arrangements for down the road, if needed.

Physician practice buy-in is a topic robust enough to have its very own website itself, but I will try to tackle it ...

Are the MGMA numbers accurate?

by Bo Claypool

First off, let me begin by giving nothing whatsoever but a rave review for the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). They are truly an excellent organization dedicated to the furtherance of medical groups and healthcare in general. They provide an exceptional amount of resources and guidance to a number of physicians, healthcare executives, administrators… they work hard to benefit pretty much everyone under the sun involved in healthcare delivery. Please in ...

Is there really a Physician Shortage?

by Bo Claypool

I tend to take a stance on the so-called physician shortage that is quite unpopular within the world of agency physician recruiters. While there is obviously some degree of scarcity present, which I demonstrate below, I really think it is to an extent exaggerated and a concept propagated by agency physician recruiters to engender fear in recruiting entities so as to create the notion that anyone who chooses not to use an ...

by Bo Claypool

It is a simple fact of human nature or mere observation of the affliction that is the human condition: people lie. Therefore, it reasonably follows that physician candidates lie.

Certainly a lack of truth is not necessarily endemic to physicians being recruited or even very common, but in many situations it is not necessarily in a prospective candidate’s best interest to be completely forthright when going through the interview process. We will examine in this series a ...

Tail Coverage / Who is Going to Cover My Tail?

by Bo Claypool

If you are already familiar with the concept of what tail coverage is please feel free to skip to paragraph 4.  If you are in the role of physician recruiter or in the process of recruiting a physician and are unfamiliar with the concept then do not worry, as we have seen ...

by Heidi Dawson, RN, CMSR

A part of the art of physician recruitment known to professional physician recruiters is being able to know the resources available and how to make them work for you. These resources can help the recruiter to discover the complete background of a health care applicant ...

The Purpose of a Letter of Intent and How to Write an Effective One

by Bo Claypool

Physicians are highly familiar with medical/surgical concepts and while many are capable of dissection within the human body, many to most are not qualified or really desirous of dissecting a complex legal document without the help of an attorney.

So, put yourself in a candidate’s shoes for a moment. Imagine you have just interviewed with the Cleveland Clinic and ...

The Physician Recruiters / Is My Candidate Telling the Truth? Part 1

by Bo Claypool

It is a simple fact of human nature or mere observation of the affliction that is the human condition: people lie. Therefore, it reasonably follows that physician candidates lie.

Certainly a lack of truth is not necessarily endemic to physicians being recruited or even very common, but in many situations it is not necessarily in a prospective candidate’s best interest to ...

Types of Physician Recruiters / Types of Physician Recruitment Firms / Three Different Schools of Physician Recruiting

by Bo Claypool

As a recruiting entity, if you shop around for a firm to work with, you will invariably encounter a myriad of firms, with a whole host of fee structures; some are quite simple, whereas some are outright bizarre and entirely convoluted.  In general, however, most physician recruiters work for firms that can be lumped into one of three categories:

1)The retained physician search ...