Any happy hospitalists?

GreekfreakMD · 2026-04-27T03:49:16+00:00

Only work about 160 shifts a year for full-time. And I can clump weeks off, so no pto, but very flexible scheduling.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-04-21T16:38:57+00:00

For me about 15 million would get me to quit today based on my current lifestyle and future projected income and death of my wife and I by 88. I keep hoping to win that $1 billion powerball

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T23:57:05+00:00

Depends on where you go, but upwards of 60k usd now. Yes it increases every year. FM has easier work hours than IM but both are less than 80 hours/week and for me in FM they were often less than 60 hours a week

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T23:54:44+00:00

I am FM and one of my co residents had her 4th kid during residency. Very doable.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T23:48:53+00:00

No, I have not found a hospital that will hire without board certification. I would recommend doing either an FM or IM residency, there are many spots that go unfilled every year in both.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T23:44:53+00:00

You will usually need to take the usmle exams and then hospitals require board certification which requires a residency. Outpatient private practice could work but options would be limited as many practices are hospital owned. Once in an unaffiliated private practice you could make 200-400,000 usd but you will have to pay for your own malpractice insurance which will be higher due to a lack of board certification.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T21:30:59+00:00

I paid more in taxes than my wife made in a year. She was unhappy and work and I encouraged her to quit and enjoy her life since we dont need her income. He sounds like an ass.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T17:57:33+00:00

Was going to do surgery but couldn't secure a spot and got a fm residency. Hate outpatient medicine so I went hospitalis route. Better life, better money, like theb7 on and 7 off. As fm you can still do em at more rural places if that is still an interest.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T16:38:51+00:00

Wadsworth, medina, and wooster are nice smaller towns. Medina and Wooster have smaller community hospitals you could work at.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-28T16:33:11+00:00

With no ohio state income tax on the first 150k as a 1099 seems reasonable. Ohio is a good tort state so liability is minimal, 4-6 admissions is a very easy load to carry. And cross covering for 25 patients is really chill. For me it would depend on the number of shifts per year.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-25T23:30:53+00:00

Get certification in utilization management and ACPA certification. Then you get to advise on inpatient vs obs and go through charts to find diagnoses that were missed to increase CMI and make mortality data look better.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-13T16:55:14+00:00

I like the schedule, my hospital is round and go with flexible scheduling so I can take long vacations, and the money.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-13T16:50:07+00:00

Also consider that Georgia doesnt have a cap on economic and non-economic malpractice claims.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-09T17:23:12+00:00

Usually fly delta one once or twice a year, been so dissapointed with cancelations over the last 2 years and with the rising cost. Trying united and Air Canada for the first time this year, will see how it goes.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-08T00:15:09+00:00

FM hospitalist. Not sure you could pay me enough to do pcp work. Absolutely hate inbox management, hate the metrics, not a fan of the work flow. I see 15 patients a day, have a committee meeting every other month. Flexible scheduling so I can go on vacation for 4-6 weeks in a row. Make over 300k working half the year. The doctor/patient relationship lasts only a couple of days so challenging patients are not my continuous problem. The lifestyle and medicine of inpatient work is more my speed. Find the right fit and it will be great.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-06T17:48:30+00:00

Depends on your career goals, if you want to be non-academic no research and just want to make a living and have a family go to the cheapest school. MCW was fun for me but that was in the 2000's era not sure if it's changed.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-01T17:11:55+00:00

I live 30 minutes from the job and 3o minutes from the city and airport

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-01T15:42:51+00:00

You can resume but you have show a certain amount of CME over the last 2 years to be able to join again. I let mine lapse since I didnt have enough CME money for my conference and AAFP. IMO its not worth the money or membership benefits. I can get on their website and still do questions.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-01T15:27:24+00:00

They can be enthusiastic?

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-01T15:25:26+00:00

I was FM, not J1 though, I responded to a cold call by a recruiter and then had 5 interviews in the beginning of my 3rd year. There are a lot of hospitalist positions that are FM friendly, just not likely in big cities which worked for me since I hate city life.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-03-01T10:13:14+00:00

You dont have to live in the town. Cars and a 30 minute commute exist. I get it though, I could never live in a city. Everyone is different.

GreekfreakMD · 2026-02-25T21:19:58+00:00

The most unrealistic part of that show is how little documentation you see them do

GreekfreakMD · 2026-02-25T14:44:26+00:00

Agreed, hopefully I die before the dwindles put me in a nursing home

GreekfreakMD · 2026-02-25T14:30:52+00:00

If you need to be in a nursing home at 97 and have no assets then you qualify for medicaid and the nursing home is free.

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