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The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States
Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created havoc with the U.S healthcare system and physicians, the financial and contractual implications for physicians are now beginning to come to the forefront. Financial assistance from the federal government has mainly been received b...
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by the Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc.
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7462452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32889069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.031 |
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description | Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created havoc with the U.S healthcare system and physicians, the financial and contractual implications for physicians are now beginning to come to the forefront. Financial assistance from the federal government has mainly been received by hospitals, which have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 illness. Some physician groups have, or are, receiving assistance through a few programs, although the accelerated and advance payments have been suspended. Employed surgeons are now being furloughed, terminated, or persuaded to agree to a significant cut in pay, forego bonuses, or take leave without pay as healthcare systems and some physician groups have started to experience the consequences of halting elective procedures. Newly hired surgeons might be forced in a few cases to agree to delays in starting their employment, new amendments, changes in employment status, and other terms for fear of losing their employment. In the present report, we have explained some agreement terminology and options available to allow physicians to understand the terms of their employment agreement and make their decisions after consulting with an expert healthcare attorney. |
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spelling | pubmed-74624522020-09-02 The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States Satiani, Bhagwan Davis, Carolyn A. J Vasc Surg COVID-19 and vascular disease Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created havoc with the U.S healthcare system and physicians, the financial and contractual implications for physicians are now beginning to come to the forefront. Financial assistance from the federal government has mainly been received by hospitals, which have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 illness. Some physician groups have, or are, receiving assistance through a few programs, although the accelerated and advance payments have been suspended. Employed surgeons are now being furloughed, terminated, or persuaded to agree to a significant cut in pay, forego bonuses, or take leave without pay as healthcare systems and some physician groups have started to experience the consequences of halting elective procedures. Newly hired surgeons might be forced in a few cases to agree to delays in starting their employment, new amendments, changes in employment status, and other terms for fear of losing their employment. In the present report, we have explained some agreement terminology and options available to allow physicians to understand the terms of their employment agreement and make their decisions after consulting with an expert healthcare attorney. by the Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. 2020-12 2020-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7462452/ /pubmed/32889069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.031 Text en © 2020 by the Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | COVID-19 and vascular disease Satiani, Bhagwan Davis, Carolyn A. The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States |
title | The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States |
title_full | The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States |
title_fullStr | The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States |
title_short | The financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the United States |
title_sort | financial and employment effects of coronavirus disease 2019 on physicians in the united states |
topic | COVID-19 and vascular disease |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7462452/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32889069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2020.08.031 |
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