Orthopedic Spine Surgeon (SA197440) Birmingham, Al rl

This Birmingham Health System is seeking a Board certified/board eligible Orthopedic Spine Surgeon. Job features include the following.

10 physicians in group, 9 ortho, 1 rheumatology
Immediate need
I year path to partnership – minimal buy in
$400K to start, $600 - $700K in third year
14 days of vacation first year, then don’t dictate
401K
Medical, dental, vision at no cost first year, then partnership pays
Life, Short term disability, long term disability
Need spine, must be able to take call
No visas
MD or DO, prefer American trained
Have multiple locations,
Help each other out, have your back
Good ancillaries, PT is most profitable in state: 16 years’ old, a profit center
Treated like a partner from the beginning
Large city, no limit to the number of patients or cap like a smaller town
Partners are physician extenders, first assist fees are 20% of total for helping as first assist
Very efficient practice, low overhead, pay for what you get, provide you with what you need, see all accounting on a dashboard
Most surgical cases are elective
600 patient visits per month, 70 – 80 per week, 120 per week is busy
ORS based EMR: Xscribe
Digital x ray with u-arm
Each person decides what payor mix they want: 50% Blue Cross, 20% Medicare, 10% workers’ comp
60% office, 40% OR
5 half day clinics, rest is OR time: 1.5 days per week
Weekend call 1:12
Office call every other week
ER call 4 days per week, paid for call
Not level one trauma, mostly ambulatory injuries
Call is infrequent and easy
Lifestyle is good and a lot of free time
This health system is part of the nation’s largest non-profit health system and the largest Catholic health system in the world, operating 2,500 sites of care – including 141 hospitals and more than 30 senior living facilities – in 24 states and the District of Columbia.