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A Review and Discussion of Full-Time Equivalency and Appropriate Compensation Models for an Adult Intensivist in the
Michael Nurok1, Brigid C Flynn2, Marc Pineton de Chambrun3,4
1Departments of Anesthesiology, Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.
Objectives:
Physicians with training in anesthesiology, emergency medicine, internal medicine, neurology, and surgery may gain board certification in critical care medicine upon completion of fellowship training. These clinicians often only spend a portion of their work effort in the ICU. Other work efforts that benefit an ICU infrastructure, but do not provide billing opportunities, include education, research, and administrative duties. For employed or contracted physicians, there is no singular definition of what constitutes an intensive care full-time equivalent (FTE). Nevertheless, hospitals often consider FTEs in assessing hiring needs, salary, and eligibility for benefits.
Data Sources:
Review of existing literature, expert opinion.
Study Selection:
Not applicable.
Data Extraction:
Not applicable.
Data Synthesis:
Not applicable.
Conclusions:
Understanding how an FTE is calculated, and the fraction of an FTE to be assigned to a particular cost center, is therefore important for intensivists of different specialties, as many employment models assign salary and benefits to a base specialty department and not necessarily the ICU.
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