That is the thing.. you can make big bucks in the middle of nowhere, they need doctors and you are the only (or few) thing going. In my small Southern town.. the FM people make all the money. Everyone that comes here stops taking new patients after a year.. they are over booked at that point. They have brought in 21 FM, 5 IM and 8 peds in the last 5 years. I hear they are trying to bring in 25 more doctors (all fields), this year alone. THis is ALL ONE group. However.. this group is owned by the same company that owns the hosipital here too. They almost have a monopoly on healthcare in our town. They charge everything upfront and if you owe.. you dont see the doctor. They start out their FM docs at a salary of $175G's a year for two years, then it is a $100G base with bonuses and productivity.

I know a IMG (SGU) that is here in town. They gave him $150G's his first year in town..and he doesn't even work for them. He opened his own office (his dad used to practice in our town), but they gave him $$ so he would send all his labs, MRIs, admits,..etc.. to their hospital and not the bigger one in the next town. Think of this.. when an MRI bills out at 1200-2500 each.. he doesn't have to refer a lot of pts there for tests before they got their money back.

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John Webb, MS, DC, CCEP, DAAIM, FAAPM
SMU
STUDENT
MD 2010
MBA 2009

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