January 2010

2010 Medical Staff Planning for Hospitals and Medical Groups

Physician recruitment remains a strategic priority for most hospitals and medical groups. Many hospitals use a medical staff plan as their guide to know which specialties to recruit and the number of physicians to recruit in each specialty. Jennifer Moody, Principal of AmeriMed Consulting, answered questions regarding benefits of the medical staff planning process, hospital and medical group participation in medical manpower planning, the importance of qualitative and quantitative elements in the plan, and federal physician recruitment requirements. Read more...

Top 10 Behavior-Based Site Visit Questions

In order to ensure you are hiring the candidate who is the best fit for your practice, it is important to step outside traditional interview questions and focus on questions that will reveal his or her true character. By utilizing open-ended and probing questions you can avoid vague, canned or hypothetical answers.

Behavioral questions focus on real time experiences and are based on the premise that past performance will be a predictor of future behaviors. Questions should focus on five specific assessment areas: Technical/Clinical Competency, Interpersonal Skills, Practice Management Competency, Professional Competence and Corporate Contribution/Group Culture Fit. Read more...

Compensation Corner

2009 Median Compensation for
Pediatric Cardiology
(based on 2008 data)

Overall: $270,000
Academic: $245,000

By Region
East: $240,000
Midwest: $280,000
South: $425,000
West: $255,000

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