What Happens to Residents When the Physician Employment Bubble Pops?

Some are saying the employed physician bubble is about to pop. We’ve seen this movie before when hospitals bought practices and then had to divest them because the docs were not as productive as expected. Doctors get hired to generate an expected rate of return, just like every other investment. When the downstream lab and imaging revenues are not up to snuff, or their RVU productivity drops, then there is trouble in River City and the white coats start to get the pink slips.  – See more at: http://www.hcplive.com/physicians-money-digest/contributor/arlen-meyers-md-mba/2016/01/what-happens-to-residents-when-the-physician-employment-bubble-pops?e5=&utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=PMD&utm_campaign=PMD_1-14-16#sthash.gflkOmdi.dpuf