Imagine, if you will, that you’re an anesthesiologist. You’ve been part of a successful practice for over 10 years. You can walk down your neighborhood street and run into mothers whose epidurals you’ve helped place. You’ve established a home, a community, and your children are in a great school system.
One uneventful day, say Wednesday, you get an email from the hospital administrators announcing that there’s going to be a meeting on Friday. You’re not sure what it could be about, but you don’t give it much thought.
When Friday rolls around, you discover that the meeting was held to inform you that the contract for your group has not been renewed and a new national practice management company will be taking over all anesthesia services shortly. Details are pending, but from what you’ve heard, you will have the option to stay on board and accept 30% less than what you’re making now or move on.
Sound impossible? Unfortunately, based on several accounts from close friends and colleagues in just the past few years, this situation is more common than you’d think.
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