bmurphyl512 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Hi all, I am will be a new grad graduating in September. I have been offered a orthopedic sports medicine position at an ortho group in California. 3 days a week in clinic and 2 days in OR. I have little experience negotiating in these situations and would like to get some feedback reagrding the offer. Salary 92k Vacation: 3 weeks PTO (includes sick and cme time) plus 8 holidays 1500/year for CME All licensures, DEA, membership in professional associations paid for. Professional liability paid for. No tail coverage as far as I can tell. Is this a problem? Another potential employer also told me the same. Group (employee) healthcare, dental, disability, life insurance premiums are covered. However I would have to pay for my wife's coverage which I was told would be around 700 a month. HR told me that they work with a broker who would help me get my wife her own policy for around 300-400 a month, which I would have to cover. Either way sounds pricey? I have never had my wife on my insurance so I am not familiar with this cost. Call is optional Call Stipend is $150/wk nite 5p-7a; $500/wkend for 48 hours. I was told that there is also a production bonus which pays 50% of any billing above my overhead. This sounds good but I really have no idea how much I would typically bill in a year. I really want to do ortho, I like the doc, it is extemely close to home. I feel that this is pretty good offer. I have yet to counter. The main things that worries me is the health insurance for my wife and tail coverage. Any thing I should ask for, or be concerned about? Thoughts? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted May 21, 2012 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2012 Overall not a bad package but i would haggle on the insurance. I have never had a job that didn't cover 100% of the medical/dental/vision for my whole family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marilynpac Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Agree with emed....but about that tail coverage....hmmm...you're going to need it for ortho... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstudentCanada Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 What does "tail coverage" mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisemakl Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Tail coverage would be coverage for you after your leave that practice... so if 2 years later someone tries to sue you for a procedure when you are working a new job you are covered with insurance (someone correct me if that is incorrect) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstudentCanada Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Thanks! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMD16 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Tail coverage would be coverage for you after your leave that practice... so if 2 years later someone tries to sue you for a procedure when you are working a new job you are covered with insurance (someone correct me if that is incorrect) That's correct! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmurphyl512 Posted June 2, 2012 Author Share Posted June 2, 2012 I wanted to thank everyone for the advice. Just an update, they did not provide any help with my wife's health insurance, but they bumped the base salary up to 95k. Since my wife currently has her own insurance, I decided to take it. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Steve Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Congrats on the new job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breger1 Posted June 26, 2012 Share Posted June 26, 2012 I'm curious, were you offered this position during your ortho rotation or a connection through rotations/school/etc.? Or did you apply outright for it? thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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