NHA- National HealthCare Alliance

Why choose the physician staffing business as a career?

General shortage of physicians and medical professionals in the US & acute shortage of physicians in certain specialties.
General preference of physicians to live in urban and suburban parts of the country versus the rural parts of the country.
The demand for physicians' services is growing at a steady annual rate based upon the aging of the citizenry of the United States, technological developments, ability to purchase healthcare services and human desire to extend life.
The supply of physicians is limited and the characteristics of the pool of candidates are changing.
Currently over 75% of physicians are male however 40% of physicians under age 35 are females. More females may translate into more maternity leaves and more physician staffing opportunities. It also generally may translate into less chaotic work schedules for females who may attempt to balance work with family responsibilities. This has historically been less of an issue with the male physician.
The emergence of managed care into the healthcare marketplace, increased regulations, curtailed government service payment reimbursements, curtailed
managed care payer reimbursements and higher medical malpractice insurance and taxation costs as well as a 20 year bull stock market has created an environment where more physicians are electing to retire or semi-retire from the full time practice of medicine. These factors have increased the pool of candidates available for short and long-term temporary staffing assignments as well as increased the demand for such physician candidates.
There are only about 20 National firms in our industry that provide short and long term temporary physician staffing services.