VintageBetter
Senior Member
I have no idea is they meant an in-person visit, or by Zoom, but it sounded an awful lot like they meant in-person. What the heck is that about? I was busy so I didn't hang up, call my insurance, and tell them to stop wasting money on employing agents to call us like we're all 90! But I was too busy.
What is that about? It has to be about money somehow. Maybe they are trying to find a way to make doctors and nurse practitioners "work from home", or employ them as 1099 employees and pay them PER DIEM as they visit patients at home?
I'll bet that's it - I'll bet they are going to employ new doctors the way DoorDash and GrubHub employ delivery people: as 1099 employees, paid not a salary or even a wage, but paid per patient visit.
Maybe I'm just being old and cynical, but the DoorDash and GrubHub models for running companies are very attractive to some CEOs. If someone is a 1099 employee the employer does not have to pay their medical insurance, doesn't have to pay into Workman's Com or State Disability insurance. Doesn't have to give them any perks like Sick Days and certainly no accrued Vacation Days.
Are there some medical workers who would take that deal to do home visits only? IDK.
What is that about? It has to be about money somehow. Maybe they are trying to find a way to make doctors and nurse practitioners "work from home", or employ them as 1099 employees and pay them PER DIEM as they visit patients at home?
I'll bet that's it - I'll bet they are going to employ new doctors the way DoorDash and GrubHub employ delivery people: as 1099 employees, paid not a salary or even a wage, but paid per patient visit.
Maybe I'm just being old and cynical, but the DoorDash and GrubHub models for running companies are very attractive to some CEOs. If someone is a 1099 employee the employer does not have to pay their medical insurance, doesn't have to pay into Workman's Com or State Disability insurance. Doesn't have to give them any perks like Sick Days and certainly no accrued Vacation Days.
Are there some medical workers who would take that deal to do home visits only? IDK.