“The day-to-day interaction of you with a patient is identical,” Dr. Alam said. “You’re not limited in what you can do surgically, who you can operate on … but the actual financial modeling of what you do is very, very different. Who’s handling my billing, my this, my that? I don’t have to worry about that.”
Another advantage, Dr. Alam said, is that the clinic is self-insured, which means that the malpractice costs decried by many physicians are far from the minds of clinic employees. Dr. Alam said he has never been sued but is comforted knowing that he is backed by the legal and financial might of a large organization. The insurance issue is one reason physicians accept lower salaries and lower potential earning power to work for the clinic, he added. | ← Previous | | | Next → | Single Page