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Maybe someone can help me out here. So I’ve been at my job for 4.5 years. I work at a small hospital in a small rural town in Iowa. This is my first job out of residency, so still wet behind the ears when it comes to contracts and compensation.
So during CoVid our competitor bought the hospital where I work and combined the two campuses to form a “Sole Hospital“ in doing so they switched to a completely different compensation model than when I started. We are going from a base salary plus bonus model to 100% productivity starting July 1st.
This makes me nervous because I’m averaging only 12-14 patients a day, and that’s if no one no-shows. In addition to that, I don’t do many procedures. I Just do straight forward primary care stuff which doesn’t degenerate that many RVUs. I recently discussed my concerns with the administration and they suggested that I see more patients a day which I agreed to but the patient flow has been low especially during the winter months.
I reviewed my numbers with HR and they themselves admitted that my pay will be cut in half if I continue at the current numbers. They are implementing the exact contract for everyone across the board regardless of speciality. I’ve expressed that I don’t think this contract works for specialties like mine that are not procedure heavy and that don’t reimburse as high as Derm or surgery for example but they refuse to budge.
Any suggestions on how I should approach this situation?
So during CoVid our competitor bought the hospital where I work and combined the two campuses to form a “Sole Hospital“ in doing so they switched to a completely different compensation model than when I started. We are going from a base salary plus bonus model to 100% productivity starting July 1st.
This makes me nervous because I’m averaging only 12-14 patients a day, and that’s if no one no-shows. In addition to that, I don’t do many procedures. I Just do straight forward primary care stuff which doesn’t degenerate that many RVUs. I recently discussed my concerns with the administration and they suggested that I see more patients a day which I agreed to but the patient flow has been low especially during the winter months.
I reviewed my numbers with HR and they themselves admitted that my pay will be cut in half if I continue at the current numbers. They are implementing the exact contract for everyone across the board regardless of speciality. I’ve expressed that I don’t think this contract works for specialties like mine that are not procedure heavy and that don’t reimburse as high as Derm or surgery for example but they refuse to budge.
Any suggestions on how I should approach this situation?