Navigating the Clinical Component
Personalized Medicine in a Supportive Environment
At Community Health Partners, you'll experience a refreshing approach to primary care that emphasizes quality over volume and physician satisfaction alongside patient outcomes. Your daily practice will center around delivering comprehensive family medicine to a diverse patient population, with the time and resources to provide truly individualized care. Unlike health systems that rigidly control every aspect of your schedule, CHP involves you in designing your own clinical workflow, allowing you to create a practice rhythm that aligns with your strengths and preferences.
Each day, you'll work in modern facilities with a dedicated support team that enables you to focus on what matters most—your patients. The organization's commitment to physician well-being is reflected in reasonable patient expectations and administrative time that's genuinely protected, allowing you to maintain documentation and handle non-clinical tasks without sacrificing your personal time.
- Patient Volume: A manageable target of approximately 20 patients daily, allowing meaningful time with each patient while achieving productivity goals—a stark contrast to the rushed appointments common in many primary care settings
- Practice Management: Significant input into your own scheduling templates, including the ability to designate when you see specific types of visits (physicals in the morning, telehealth in afternoons, etc.)—giving you control over your day that physicians at larger health systems often lack
- Electronic Medical Record: Practice on Epic, the industry-leading EMR system, with proper training and support to maximize efficiency and minimize documentation burden
- Clinical Autonomy: Freedom to practice the full scope of family medicine with the organization encouraging you to maintain your procedural skills rather than limiting your practice
- No Call Responsibilities: Enjoy true work-life balance with no after-hours call requirements, allowing you to fully disconnect when not in the office—a rare and valuable benefit in today's primary care landscape
- Diverse Patient Population: A balanced payer mix with only approximately 6-7% Medi-Cal patients currently, allowing you to serve a broad spectrum of the community while the organization helps manage panel composition to your preferences
- Support Staff: Each physician is assigned a dedicated Medical Assistant, with the opportunity to add a second MA when consistently seeing 18+ patients daily for three consecutive months—ensuring you have the support needed as your practice grows
- Care Team Model: Collaborative approach with operational directors providing monthly performance reviews focused on supporting your success rather than punitive metrics
- Administrative Time: Protected time built into your schedule for documentation, care coordination, and administrative tasks, recognizing that quality patient care extends beyond face-to-face encounters
A Balanced Approach to Productivity
Community Health Partners understands that meaningful primary care involves more than simply churning through appointments. Their productivity model is designed to reward quality care and appropriate coding rather than volume alone. The organization provides education and support around RVU generation, helping you understand how to receive appropriate credit for the comprehensive care you provide.
During your first two years, you'll benefit from a guaranteed base salary while building your practice, with regular feedback to ensure you're on track for long-term success. This thoughtful approach to productivity allows you to focus on establishing patient relationships and delivering excellent care without the immediate pressure of production targets—a significant advantage over practices that impose full productivity expectations from day one.