• Tremendous support from the management company
  • Work with a large, not-for-profit health care system
  • Rehab is much needed in the community

Medical director physiatry rehab unit in Crescent City, CA with beautiful picture of the coast line

Location:

 

  • On the water in beautiful northern CA, near Eureka
  • Near the Border of OR

 Practice Features:

 

  • 10-bed, new inpatient rehab unit at a 49-bed facility; ADC-10. Also, this position will be supplemented with an OP program and some supplements in the area, i.e. SNF in area and maybe even rounding in the hospital
  • Level 4 trauma center
  • Opened in December, 2015
  • Internal and external referrals. A community liaison markets from Medford, OR to Eureka, CA.
  • The unit is managed by LifePoint Health/Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services.
  • Lifepoint Rehabilitation is a leading provider of acute inpatient rehabilitation services with more than 300 hospital-based rehabilitation units, medical/surgical and outpatient therapy settings and more than 30 joint venture inpatient rehabilitation hospitals across the country.

 Diagnoses:

 

  • CVA,TBI, SCI, debility trauma and hip fractures and other 60% CMS diagnostic categories
  • Level 1 and 2 traumas go to Medford, OR

Responsibilities:

 

  • Inpatient; a hospitalist provides medical care
  • Can also choose to do consults at the acute care hospital
  • Can choose to provide outpatient services at the facility and at another nearby outpatient center
  • Can also work at a SNF

 Call:  

 

  • 1:2; hospitalist will help with call

 Affiliation:

 

  • Independent contractor
  • Year to year contract, can go for multiple years

Compensation:

 

  • As an independent contractor – Fair market value for administrative services which is approximately $100,000 per year. A rehab unit in CA generates approximately $9,000 in annual billings per occupied bed per year which equals $90,000 for a total income of $180,000 plus professional billing receipts for outpatient and consultant

 Payor Mix:

 

  • 80% Medicare/managed Medicare, 10% commercial insurance and 10% Medicaid

 

Features of Affiliation:

  • Medical Director conference and quarterly WebEx training
  • A state-of-the art, electronic pre-admission screening tool
  • A central resource site with tools and resources for best practice documentation, compliance and ambassadorship
  • Peer physician support for “in-the-trenches” problem solving
  • 1:1 coaching and training
  • Excellent clinical colleagues – therapy and nursing staff trained in rehab medicine
  • Operations leader partnership – Program Director and CEO support to facilitate practice efficiency
  • A Medical Advisory Board to assist with program development and represent your Medical Director needs
  • Company culture of taking care of communities and employees evidenced by non-profit organization support to include providing monetary assistance to those experiencing financial hardship due to a catastrophic life event

COMMUNITY INFORMATION:

 

Location:     Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the city, home of Battery Point Lighthouse

Population:  7,643 (city)

Recreation:  Great area for fly fishing; Redwood National Park

Economy:    Home port for numerous commercial fishing vessels

If you have any interest, skills or experience with inpatient physiatry jobs, you’re in luck. Interest in inpatient physiatry jobs has decreased over the years, making the need for skilled clinicians now more than ever. There is a great demand for qualified inpatient physiatrists, and Farr Healthcare can help you find the practice or facility of your dreams.

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