What Were Emergency Medicine Physicians Asking About on the ACEP Tradeshow Floor?

Over 1000 Emergency Medicine physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants visited Hospital Physician Partners’ (HPP) booth and other related HPP activities this past week at the American College of Emergency Medicine Physicians (ACEP) annual conference in San Franciso, California. What was most striking about this years conference was the level of engagement by Emergency Medicine providers. There was a greater interest than ever in new Emergency Medicine jobs and career opportunities. More physicians were willing to talk and share thier interests, needs and ideas. Obviously for companies such as Hospital Physician Partners, this is refreshing. ACEP provides a great platform for open dialog between Emergency Medicine practitioners and Medical Management companies.

After speaking throughout the conference with Emergency Medicine physicians from all over the country, some themes began to develop which definitely represented a departure from some previous conference “booth talk.” Compensation was of course still of paramount interest as was location. However, we also fielded many more inquiries about benefits, support and culture. Physicians, NPs and PAs alike were asking questions about core values, types of leadership models and team culture. They wanted to know whether or not our leaderships was clinical or corporate. Assuredly, HPP’s leadership is clinical with Dr. David Schillinger serving both as President and Chief Medical Officer for Hospital Physician Partners while actively working clinical shifts nationwide.

There was also a great level of interest in accessing benefits as an independent contractor. Benefits have always been a “gap challenge” for Emergency Medicine independent contractors. Add to that a challenged economy, declining property values and high unemployment levels in some states, and even for the current and potentially affluent, personal financial security takes on a higher priority. Hospital Physician Partners, through an external benefits provider, thankfully offers its Emergency Medicine providers access to quality, affordable Group Health benefits, access to 401K, IRA and SEP funding, as well as tax, financial and estate planning.

ACEP 2012 was truly a successful conference. It gave our team a chance to meet with great Emergency Medicine practitioners and people. It offered a wealth of classroom education for our providers and industry and it helped connect Hospital Physician Partners with our key stakeholders who help keep our communities safe, healthy and alive. This is best summed up in our key message to both internal and external stakeholders, What’s Important To You…Is What Matters To Us!^®