A majority of jobs in general are in metro areas. And although reimbursements and therefore compensation are regional, all national survey data says your claim above is wrong. I only have one friend who is anywhere near $45 per wRVU and he is in Louisiana which is the poorest and worst reimbursed area in the country. I’m sure “some” people are offered and take $45 per wRVU, but not “most.” MGMA and Sullivan Cotter don’t put national medians that low. That’s bottom 10-25th percentile compensation.
Yeah, a local hospital is losing a DPM in a month. And a F&A ortho. They will still have one DPM. I’ve been checking their physician jobs page to see when they post a position for a new DPM, simply to scare my employer into a pay raise since it’s where I live (even though they get paid less per wRVU than I do and have more call responsibility). They just posted a job for a Podiatry NP. They aren’t replacing the DPM. The one staying will essentially become a surgical consultant only and the NP will take care of all of the non op. They already don’t do routine nail care so they aren’t even using the NP for that…
Lot of new grads are going to be screwed in the next 5-10 years. Once again, by other podiatrists. This NP position is completely driven by the remaining DPM who (despite worse training than most of us here) is not a podiatrist but a “foot and ankle surgeon.”
