Andrew Byrnes at www.AccelPath.com asks: >>I was wondering if anyone in histoland can tell me what your experience has >>been with a locums pathologist. Cost? And how was the service? My >>understanding is that they can cost around $2500 per day PLUS expenses.<<
Well, having been in locum tenens pathology practice for over 30 years, more than 60 pathology services - now 72 years old and still at it. First of all, it's "locum tenens". There is no such word as "locums". You hire a locum tenens pathologist. The Latin literally means "holding a place" (for someone who's not there). The plural is locos tenentes, sounds like the crazy people who rent upstairs. I've never been paid more than $700 a day, sometimes with mileage and motel room paid for. I have the idea that the locum tenens agency charges about the same amount again, so that you pay twice as much to an agency as you'd pay me. Sort of like flat-backin'. I would encourage anyone wanting to hire a locum tenens pathologist to negotiate with them directly, rather than working through an agency, understanding that management types are more comfortable working with agencies where they can talk to their own kind of people. My relationships with my private clients have always been much better than when I had an agency mediating the relationship. Your pathologist should handle this rather than delegating it, using the College of American Pathologists Web site as a resource - though I wish the Web site functioned a lot better than it does. I'll be happy to talk with your pathologist (or with you!) about all of these matters. I hope that I continue to provide exemplary service! Flagrant self-promotion now - I'm licensed in TN NC MO GA KY. Bob Richmond Samurai Pathologist Knoxville TN _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet