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Postcards from the Edge… Of A Physician’s Tenured Career
23 March 2012Simple Recruiting Postcard Sets 57-Year-Old Physician On New, Unexpected Career Path From a recent American Medical News article about a physician’s career hange from private practice: “As Dr. Steinberg was assessing his options, he started looking at the recruiting postcards [being sent to] his office.” In this particular physician’s case, the postcards were from the [...]
Most Admired Medical Facilities 2012
6 March 2012Clients of The Medicus Firm Among “Most Admired” Companies CNNMoney and Fortune have released the 2012 list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies”. The Medicus Firm is excited to congratulate many of our very admirable clients who made the list! Below are the clients and their ranking: 1. HCA 2. HMA 5. Kindred Healthcare Additionally, [...]
A Physician Recruiting Story as it May Have Been Told by Dr. Seuss
2 March 2012On Dr. Seuss’ birthday (today), it’s a great time to share a Dr. Seuss-ish version of a physician recruiting story: Physician candidates are often understandably apprehensive initially about interviewing in places relatively unknown to them, much less relocating there. With apologies to Dr. Seuss, here is how I would imagine the physician recruiting version of [...]
ASPR 2012 Conference Focuses On Physician Recruitment and Retention
1 March 2012Hospitals and healthcare organizations across the country are constantly seeking expertise on effective physician recruitment and retention strategies to address the physician shortage impacting in their communities. The upcoming Association of Staff Physician Recruiters’ (ASPR) annual conference, held on August 11–15 in Los Angeles, provides education exclusively for in-house physician recruitment professionals (physician recruiters employed [...]
More Doctors Relocating as Hospitals Compete to Employ Physicians; Signing Pays
3 February 2012Physician Placement and Relocation Patterns Reveal Hospital Hiring and Recruiting Trends How much is your autograph worth? Unless you are a Hollywood celebrity or a famous athlete, probably not much. However, a new group of professionals who are not entertainers or players are finding that their signature is becoming increasingly valuable. Celebrities are no longer [...]
Congratulations to the Best of the Best in Physician Recruiting
19 January 2012The Medicus Firm has one of the most tenured physician recruiting teams in the industry, with an average experience level of about nine years per recruiter. Therefore, our 2011 award winners truly are some of the best of the best, having produced more than some of the most experienced recruiters in physician recruiting. Last weekend, [...]
Is a Career Change Worth the Pain?
16 January 2012For many professionals, with the beginning of a new year, comes thoughts and hopes for a new career. A new year often prompts us to reevaluate our lives, both personally and professionally, and look for areas in which to improve. The year 2012 brings with it a great deal of uncertainty and potential change in [...]
Despite Physician Shortages, Some Qualified Talent May Be Overlooked
7 December 2011Are Healthcare Employers and Recruiters Overlooking Qualified Physician Candidates? Physicians are in great demand, and a shortage is looming, according to multiple healthcare industry analysts. While some regions of the country will have plenty of doctors, other regions will feel the effects of the shortage more intensely, particularly in rural areas, and in high demand [...]
Medicare Cuts, Health Care Innovation, and the Physician Workforce
22 November 2011With this week’s failure of the Congressional “super committee” to save Medicare from projected funding cuts, many healthcare experts are predicting very dire consequences for the physician workforce if the cuts are not prevented. Multiple industry analysts including the AAMC predict shortages of up to 90,000 physicians in coming years. Darin Haug, D.O., and Dean [...]
Happy Nurse Practitioner Week 2011!
15 November 2011The Medicus Firm wishes all nurse practitioners a very happy National Nurse Practitioner Week, November 13-19 2011. Nurse practitioners are such vital contributors and providers of healthcare in the U.S., particularly in light of an impending physician shortage which is increasing the demand and need for nurse practitioners in many areas, particularly in primary care. [...]
