The 2018 DaVita SOURCE fellowship data report is now available!! Each year we publish career choice data and demographics about graduating nephrology fellows and want to share some of what we learned with you. The information that we collect very closely mirrors other data points published in the industry, [...]
You see a patient. You bill for your visit. You get paid for that visit. Nothing you didn’t already know, right? Well, as a physician, have you ever thought about how this all impacts the overall profitability of your practice? Have you thought about how this works to pay [...]
When a practice hires you, they’re making a big financial investment in you. The biggest expense a practice has is related to physician compensation. This includes things like your salary, bonuses, licensing fees, malpractice, mileage, cell phone and benefits. These expenses take a big bite out of the practice’s [...]
It’s exciting when you finally receive an offer from a potential employer. At the same time there might be several questions running through your head. You’re not alone. We often get questions during our fellowship education events about what to expect when receiving a contractual offer, as well as [...]
The DaVita SOURCE fellowship data report is ready!! Each year we publish career choice data and demographics about graduating nephrology fellows and want to share some of what we learned with you. The information that we collect very closely mirrors other data points published in the industry, but we [...]
At DaVita Source we receive quite a few inquiries from fellows and practicing nephrologists who are looking for a first time job or a career change. Each inquirer usually has a specific location in mind and more often than not, it is in a large metropolitan area or within [...]
Hundreds of articles, blogs, jokes, and rants have been written about generation gaps and the difficulties of different generations learning to work together. As a physician who will be viewed as new to the workforce, we believe it is important to enter into your job search with an understanding [...]
DaVita SOURCE devotes a portion of our year to researching, tracking and trending the career choices made by graduating nephrology fellows. It is important to us to be experts on the nephrology marketplace so that we can be a useful resource to all the fellows we work with. Sharing [...]
Compensation is much more than salary. If you find yourself focusing only on the initial salary offering, you may wonder why you added two more years of specialization when some internists are starting at the same level as nephrologists. As upsetting as that sounds, the good news is that [...]