In addition to specifying your compensation, it's standard for a locum contract to specify that your round-trip airfare, lodging, rental car, and malpractice insurance are covered expenses. [16] ...

Medical centers around the country use temporary clinical workers when there are staff shortages or to fill in for staff professionals on vacations and leaves of absence. Centers usually turn to ...

If a doctor goes on maternity leave, takes a leave of absence, or just schedules a long vacation, you’re losing revenue—unless you have someone to fill in. Locum tenens physicians have become the ...

Thirty-seven percent of physicians and advanced practice providers that work on a locum tenens basis do it as a side job on top of an additional permanant role as a clinician, according to an April ...

Demand for locum tenens clinicians, which has grown steadily in the last twenty years, got a big boost during the pandemic.

Share on Facebook. Opens in a new tab or window Share on X. Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window The majority of physicians are familiar with the concept of ...

But How Much Does It Pay? Locum tenens primary care physicians generally are paid a daily rate of $600 to $800, says Ebner. Their annual income depends on their ability to keep a full schedule, which ...

Have MD, Will Travel: Locum Tenens Docs Today Fed up with the frustrations of private practice, some urologists and nephrologists have chosen the life of an itinerant professional. When reductions in ...

The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on healthcare providers. As a result, many physicians and advanced practitioners are now on a quest for greater flexibility, work-life balance and meaning ...

The primary reason for using locum tenens clinicians remains filling open staff positions temporarily, but healthcare organizations are increasingly using locum tenens clinicians more strategically, ...