So any thoughts on FM docs working in the ED getting paid as much or more than Board certified EM docs? Are things so dire an EM residency is no longer required??
Disclaimer: I completed an EM residency
Disclaimer: I completed an EM residency
By the numbers isn't it like 40% of Hospital EDs do not require bc/be EM trained physicians. Which is an increase from previous years.
I think it's terrible. And at my sites, FM docs can't work, you have to be BC/BE. But it's a business, and as previously said, the supply of EM docs doesn't meet the demand.So any thoughts on FM docs working in the ED getting paid as much or more than Board certified EM docs? Are things so dire an EM residency is no longer required??
Disclaimer: I completed an EM residency
(we know they're better at critical care time comically).
That's exactly it. Which is why making us write it instead of coders deciding what is and isn't is ludicrous IMO. They can downgrade but not upgrade.Not really surprising. When you're EM trained and you're used to seeing emergencies everyday, the people who are really sick but not actively dying seem fairly mundane to you and you only bill critical care on your ICU players. When you're used to treating chronic hypertension and URIs, that CHF exacerbation who's getting admitted to the floor looks a lot more "critical." There are certainly people who qualify for critical care time that I suspect many of us don't really worry about managing.
Supply and demand. If they can't staff with EM trained docs, then who cares if FM docs get paid the same. It's not like they are hiring both EM and FM docs for the same job and paying FM docs more. If they did, then maybe you should ask for more