Thread by @patelsatya2020

It's time for new job signing by final-year residents. A non-compete is one of the important discussion points

It should be totally removed from Hospital-based physicians. It's a big win-win for health systems and physicians.

Why? read this thread.

#MedTwitter #healthcare

Non-compete agreement --> it is meant to prevent physicians to compete with their old employers.

#hospitalist
#intensivist
#ER Docs
#Neurologists based at hospitals & others

These specialties don't compete or take patients with them once they leave their current job.

Why?

How patients chose ED/Hospitals in an emergency?

- Most of the time it is chosen for patients.
- Based on critical illness, location, a nearby hospital, capabilities of that hospital, and related factors

- ED room is not chosen based on ED doc or hospitalist or ICU doc.

A city with Non-compete Agreement health systems:

- Physicians --> can't work at other hospitals during their off week/weekends --> artificial shortage of physicians

- Need to hire Locums --> 2 to 3X the regular pay

- Millions of dollars wasted/yr/system

@BeckersHR

The city with non-non compete agreement culture:

-Physician --> work at other hospitals during off week/weekend --> no/less need for locums --> save money
-Health systems easy to recruit physicians --> no need to leave city --> for new job

@BeckersHR @ACHEConnect @HC_Finance

Benefits for Health Systems:
- Millions of dollars in savings per year in staffing at hospitalist, ICU and ED dept
-Easy to recruit physicians
-No lawsuit headache

I have made schedules in both situations and personally, it is 100X easy to make schedule when docs can work.

Non-Compete Clause:

Healthcare CEOs -- Time fo cancel the non-compete clause of all hospital-based physicians.

- Save money for system
- Easy to recruit

Hospital HR
It is a time to work towards a common goal of patient care.
Without physicians, --> can not provide care.

- You can push for the removal of non-compete clause from all physicians' contracts.

Physicians:
-It's time to punch the face of the "non-compete clause". It is unfair, so don't sign. Discuss and negotiate.
- It's win-win for you and health systems.
- Enjoy Freedom while you are working and when you get new job.

@SocietyHospMed @TodaysHospital

Non-compete Clause :
State and federal gov should work hard to remove all hospital-based non-compete agreements.

@kayiveyforgov @MikeDunleavyGov @DougDucey @AsaHutchinson @GavinNewsom @jaredpolis @GovNedLamont @carney @GovRonDeSantis @BrianKempGA @louleonguerrero @joshgreen_6

Non-compete Clause :
State and federal gov should work hard to remove all hospital-based non-compete agreements.

@JBPritzker @GovHolcomb @IAGovernor @LauraKellyKS @JohnBelEdwards @LarryHogan @CharlieBakerMA @GovWhitmer @GovTimWalz @POTUS @CMSGov @mikeparson @PhilMurphy