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So the question remains, how is Scope going to be able to replace 100 anesthesiologists by July?
Desperate anesthesiologists.
So the question remains, how is Scope going to be able to replace 100 anesthesiologists by July?
Desperate anesthesiologists.
Desperate anesthesiologists.
you can lure in the scabs with good Locums pay, but that will only be sustainable for the short term. i would bet that this won't go very well for any of the parties involved. we'll see how it all plays out.
So the question remains, how is Scope going to be able to replace 100 anesthesiologists by July?
So the question remains, how is Scope going to be able to replace 100 anesthesiologists by July?
Issues is docs have no real say in the matter. Mednax controls the non compete.If the docs are smart they’ll hold out for whatever pay level they want.
I consider all Locums salary offers a starting point when I get them.
Issues is docs have no real say in the matter. Mednax controls the non compete.
That’s what makes this so interesting.
The hospital main strategy is to try to hire the current docs back on full time or pay them locums rate to bridge the gap.
I don’t care how good “scope anesthesia” is at marketing themselves. They cannot find 50 locums anesthesiologists to cover charlotte area as a bridge gap until full time docs can be found. Let alone 100 MDs.
It’s a game of chicken. Mednax vs atrium.
Issues is docs have no real say in the matter. Mednax controls the non compete.
That’s what makes this so interesting.
The hospital main strategy is to try to hire the current docs back on full time or pay them locums rate to bridge the gap.
I don’t care how good “scope anesthesia” is at marketing themselves. They cannot find 50 locums anesthesiologists to cover charlotte area as a bridge gap until full time docs can be found. Let alone 100 MDs.
It’s a game of chicken. Mednax vs atrium.
So the question remains, how is Scope going to be able to replace 100 anesthesiologists by July?
Issues is docs have no real say in the matter. Mednax controls the non compete.
That’s what makes this so interesting.
The hospital main strategy is to try to hire the current docs back on full time or pay them locums rate to bridge the gap.
I don’t care how good “scope anesthesia” is at marketing themselves. They cannot find 50 locums anesthesiologists to cover charlotte area as a bridge gap until full time docs can be found. Let alone 100 MDs.
It’s a game of chicken. Mednax vs atrium.
If the non compete is ruled invalid that would be the end of the AMC takeover model as we know it. You can’t buy out a group for millions of dollars if the hospital can get rid of you the next day with no consequences.Bc the majority of the docs has nothing to do with the contract and the non compete and the fact pts usually do not choose a hospital based on the anesthesiologist is why I do not think the non compete will hold.
Totally agree. You’d need so many so fast that the only real options (to get what, 100?! Even 50 MDs!) would be to lure lowest-common denominator locums or those otherwise unable to hold down a job. If I was a surgeon there, I’d be watching closely as this could be tough at a Level 1 trauma center
If the non compete is ruled invalid that would be the end of the AMC takeover model as we know it. You can’t buy out a group for millions of dollars if the hospital can get rid of you the next day with no consequences.
Yes but I imagine there will be a few emergency board meetings at the AMC headquarters in Texas in Florida, and maybe a few stock market revaluations, even if it is only North Carolina.it's a question of state law so any decision would not be applicable in other states
There's nothing wrong with pocketing the difference - but it is disingenuous to sell this as a cost savings for the patient when we all know that won't happen.
And if anyone is decent they already have a job?1500 new anesthesiologists will graduate in june and need a job starting in july. maybe they'll hire a bunch of these people
Yup. They are in crisis mode now. Since it’s around 3 months left till this gets resolved.And if anyone is decent they already have a job?
In Atrium Health contract fight, doctors go on the offensive
There are millions of dollars at stake here. Dr. Wherry will likely earn $1-$2 million per year as CEO of Scope. Mednax will likely lose $3-$4 million per year in profits as a result of Getting fired by Atrium.
Dr. Thomas Wherry says doctor staffing won’t decrease when his Charlotte-based company, Scope Anesthesia of North Carolina, takes over July 1.
“The narrative that’s being spread that we’re reducing physicians ... is absolutely false,” Wherry told the Observer. “There will be no material reduction of physicians.”
Wherry emphasized benefits he said his business model will bring to Charlotte. He said Scope will pay its doctors the same or more than Southeast’s doctors. He also noted that privately run Scope will be able to provide services at lower costs because of less overhead than Mednax.
“I can say with confidence the revenue, instead of going to Florida and to Wall Street, it’s going to stay here in Charlotte for patient care and for support of the community,” said Wherry, who moved from Maryland to Charlotte this year to launch Scope.
Is it remotely possible that Scope is the "good guy" here? Assuming the below is true and not straight out blatant lies, wouldn't the transfer of contract from Mednax to Scope in effect consist of cutting out the parasitic, cancerous corporate middleman and replacing it with this Wherry guy, who is an anesthesiologist himself? In that light, it's possible for Scope to reduce costs significantly without changing the supervision level or cutting physician salaries simply by virtue of eliminating that cut of revenue currently going to feed Mednax fat cats. A corp like that has lots of fat cats to feed so it needs to extract a huge pound of flesh off the top, whereas Wherry is just one guy and even a small fraction of that makes it worthwhile for him.
Is it remotely possible that Scope is the "good guy" here? Assuming the below is true and not straight out blatant lies, wouldn't the transfer of contract from Mednax to Scope in effect consist of cutting out the parasitic, cancerous corporate middleman and replacing it with this Wherry guy, who is an anesthesiologist himself? In that light, it's possible for Scope to reduce costs significantly without changing the supervision level or cutting physician salaries simply by virtue of eliminating that cut of revenue currently going to feed Mednax fat cats. A corp like that has lots of fat cats to feed so it needs to extract a huge pound of flesh off the top, whereas Wherry is just one guy and even a small fraction of that makes it worthwhile for him.
There is zero chance he's the "good guy" as he has publicly professed no need for medical direction of CRNAs and his statement is 100% at odds with how he made his sales pitch to the hospital.
He's lying through his teeth.
Well if he's lying then obviously my question is moot. Do we know for a fact that his pitch to the hospital consisted of reducing physician staffing and increasing ratios though? Comments he made about doing away with supervision were in a context unrelated to this particular contract situation.
I'm sure he'd love to do away with supervision and increase ratios in his ideal hypothetical world, but then again is there a single administrator from sea to shining sea who wouldn't love to do that if he could easily get away with it? The question is never what someone would like to do, but what that person is going to actively and doggedly pursue against obstacles in the real world. I'd like to be an NBA player, after all, but you shouldn't count on it happening.
Well if he's lying then obviously my question is moot. Do we know for a fact that his pitch to the hospital consisted of reducing physician staffing and increasing ratios though?
So the question remains, how is Scope going to be able to replace 100 anesthesiologists by July?
Do we know for a fact that his pitch to the hospital consisted of reducing physician staffing and increasing ratios though?
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All of this sounds disgusting. Its like who is the lesser of the two evils. And 1:4 although common sounds awful as well. I know it's the job in many places now but who the hell wants to supervise 4 CRNAs.. that sounds brutal and draining.
Yes that was cringeworthySuch a realistic script...lol.
“The patient wasn’t supposed to stop counting.”
“We need the physician anesthesiologist.”
That’s what my group did before I landed at my current gig. I’ll tell you one thing, I learned a lot from them.Yes. Now, factor in a Level 1 hospital and STRETCH it to 5:1 (QZ billing) due to overlaps and add-on rooms. You will be exhausted most days.