lilmissunshine Posted October 23, 2012 Share Posted October 23, 2012 I am currently a 2nd year student in Illinois. My preceptor in NW indiana offered me a job and am considering taking it. He told me Indiana is a better state to work in for healthcare and the licensing process is less nightmarish than Illinois (I heard some stories from new grads who still haven't gotten their licensure even after passing the boards in June/July). Can anyone confirm/deny? Thanks for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATCLATEMTB Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Yes and No. I applied in mid December and go my license in mid or late January. A few words of note: they review applications every three months, unless they have more then an unknown number of applications in the completed stack. There is also a day each cycle where each application is scanned in and forwarded onto the board for review, miss this date and you have a wait ahead. The tricky part is they do not always share the scan date or the early review date. I basically had to call weekly, then daily as I got different answers and put together the puzzle in my head. It depends on who your application manager is, that can make your break your experience. They divide the alphabet up and you get assigned to a particular application manger, good luck. Overall, it was not a horrible experience as in life anything important is important enough to triple check. Also, Indiana is a good state to practice in from a malpractice standpoint. In order to file a lawsuit the case must first be reviewed by a board of three physicians, which may or may not practice in your specialty. Also, malpractice claims have caps so your insurance is not that expensive. As an Athletic Trainer (sports medicine professional) my malpractice insurance was 1 million / 3 million.....as a PA in a surgical field 250K/750K. Salary can be a bit tough to get in Indiana, I'm in Indianapolis and the market here pretty much supports the bottom 10% of income across the board for PA's. It can improve, but you have to be willing to move jobs and hospital systems to get it. Finally, be sure to review the PA practice in Indiana. You can not write Rx for your first year in practice....period. You will have to reapply for the right to prescribe after a year of practice as well then apply for your CSR and DEA. (also no scud II, however NP's can) Ok thats the long and short of it, hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joanna.nola Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I'm in another state that doesn't allow you to prescribe first year out (didn't realize there were others!) How do you deal with it? I haven't started my job yet, but I want to make it as easy as possible for my SP when I start. We will have EHR and do mostly electronic scripts. We also have a pharmacy in-house. Not sure if this makes it easier or harder. Any advice would be appreciated. They've only hired NPs in the past, and I'm not sure they know that I can't prescribe for a year (wasn't about to ask when they gave me the offer!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HospitalRecruiting Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Indiana has terrific malpractice reform, especially when compared to IL/Chicago are which is famously bad in that aspect. Not many states produces licenses as quickly as Indiana either. http://www.hospitalrecruiting.com/jobs/Physician-Assistant-Jobs/Indiana/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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