Which Offer Do I Take? You took and passed your PANCE (or similar certification exam), you interviewed with multiple employers and now you have three job offers. That’s fantastic, job well done! Now the difficult part is to decide which offer to take. When advising candidates on which offer to take, we focus on EIGHT…
The terms ‘Curriculum Vitae’ and ‘resume’ are generally interchangeable. However, few people know that they do differ in many ways. It is true that both are lists of the most relevant information of a person pertaining to job seeking. Both are used for the same purpose – i.e. seeking employment. However, there are a few…
Before you interview face-to-face with the physician, most likely you will have to spend some time on the phone with either a HR Manager, or perhaps the Practice Manager. Here’s what it takes to win them over. Understand who they are, size of practice, number of physicians, how many physician assistants or nurse practitioners are…
In its 2018 ranking of best health care jobs, U.S. News and World Report ranked physician assistant second in best health care jobs and third in best jobs overall. But where’s the best place to live. Palife.com has compiled a list. These cities were ranked by the following factors:Job availability, Average annual salary, Median home…
By Provider Matching Staff Writer Does your practice tell you have negative numbers? What this means is the practice thinks you are costing them more to employ, then the revenue you are adding to the practice. However, most practices don’t understanding how to track the “worth” of a Physician Assistant. Typically they will just add…
By PACC Staff Writer Most Physician Assistants will be paid on a salary basis. Usually part-time of per diem PA’s will be paid on an hourly basis. Salary Employee • Not required to sign a timesheet • Paid not on hours worked, but on overall salary • May work more than a 40 hour week…
Published by Sanna Coates in Medical Coding Most of us come in contact with medical coding at some point in our lives – whether it is as physicians, medical billers, or patients. When we do, it can be helpful to know the specific purpose of each different coding system. Let’s take a look at some…
The National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Standard. The NPI is a unique identification number for covered health care providers. Covered health care providers and all health plans and health care clearinghouses must use the NPIs in the administrative and financial transactions adopted under HIPAA. The…
By Tricia Marriott Are you considering a production-based compensation package? Do you have full access to your production data? Unless you can thoroughly ascertain that all of your work is attributed to you, is appropriately valued and is incorporated into the data used to calculate your productivity, you may sell yourself short. Proceed with caution.…
By Tricia Marriott Global Visits: Work that must be done and would otherwise have to be handled by a physician if the practice did not employ Physician Assistants. The problem with global visits for the PA: Unfortunately, global visits have no monetary value. By performing the global work, the pa enables a physician to schedule…