Physicians are asking hospitals to be compensated for providing emergency department (“ED”) call coverage at an increasing rate. Many hospitals are responding to such requests, and offering on-call ...
Reasons for the rise of on-call payments There is a shortage of physicians willing to take call for several reasons, including reluctance to go without pay for uninsured patients, fear of malpractice ...
Michael E. DeBakey, MD, the late legendary heart surgeon, was known for making his residents and fellows sleep in the cardiac ICU at Houston Methodist Hospital when they had patients on the unit.