While the physician workforce is increasingly moving to employed models — with more than 108,700 physicians shifting to employment from 2019 to 2021 — some are finding it difficult to maintain autonomy and are making the shift back to private practice.
Andrew Gerstner, MD, an independent anesthesiologist and consultant, recently connected with Becker’s to discuss how he removed himself from private equity and corporatized medicine.
After migrating to a smaller, physician-owned hospital from a “giant hospital system,” he found he now has a more manageable schedule and is paid more fairly.
Most importantly, he added, he no longer has to put up with “being forced to take on more uncompensated or under-compensated work just because the hospital or staffing company has understaffed everything and expect physicians to pick up the slack for their own business mistakes for free.”
Dr. Gertsner is not the only physician leaving the employed model. Read more.
