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Fair and Equal Pay? - January 2016 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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visor. "Now, 75% of my job is making sure reg- ulatory things get done on a daily basis. I've had to remove myself slowly from patient care." Compensation is only part of the value of your working situation, as one New York ASC administrator describes. "I left a long-term position, 16 years in a leadership position at an ASC, to return to hospital employment, because the benefits were so much better," she says. "I recently returned to an ASC. The hospital environment was not progressive or conducive to change, efficiency and improve- ments." Some respondents have apparently discov- ered this the hard way. "The right management in place is critical," says one hospital manager. "If you find yourself in a wrong-management-in- place situation, get out as fast as you can: It will only get much worse. Good or great manage- ment is worth lower pay for the higher increase in job satisfaction day to day." Work and worth Even if you're convinced that your salary isn't on par with your position's responsibilities, it's not always easy to know with any accura- cy what your role is worth to your facility, in comparison to others elsewhere. "It is difficult in smaller, independent facilities to have a ref- 5 0 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 6 OUTPATIENT SPINE + PAIN MANAGEMENT Bring it on. Complete Jackson Table utility, plus pain management, at a fraction of the cost. OBTAIN A QUOTE: ASCspecialo)er@orsafety.com Discounted pricing available for a limited time. by 600 lb. Capacity Head-to-Toe C-arm Access Radiolucent Motorized Lateral Roll , Trendelenburg, & Slide 12 sq. ft. Footprint

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