Physician Contract Glossary · Ownership & Partnership
Assignment of Patients
Assignment of patients governs how patients are allocated to you, which directly affects your volume and your production-based pay.
This provision addresses how patients are assigned within the practice: whether you build your own panel, inherit one, take unassigned or walk-in patients, or rotate coverage. In a production-based pay model, patient assignment is income, because the physician who gets the high-volume or high-acuity assignments earns more. Vague assignment terms let the practice control your earning potential.
If your pay is production-based, understand how patients are assigned and whether you control your panel. Being handed low-volume or low-reimbursement assignments can cap your income regardless of how the formula reads.
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