Contract & Benefits

Physician Recruitment Process and Compensation Overview

San Bernardino Gastroenterology Associates offers a guaranteed base salary with a clear path to partnership, profit sharing, and ambulatory surgery center ownership. Compensation is structured to reward physicians who commit long term and grow into ownership, with total earnings rising meaningfully once partnership begins.

Compensation Snapshot

The position starts with a guaranteed base salary and a one-year salary guarantee. Base compensation depends on training, with advanced/ERCP-capable candidates earning more. Physicians who join without ERCP but train into it, or who bring prior experience, can command higher compensation as their scope and productivity grow. After the initial years, physicians on the partnership track add a share of collections above overhead plus practice profit sharing, which is where long-term income upside is concentrated.

Base Salary

• One-year salary guarantee
• Base steps up over the first three years for physicians on the partnership track
• ERCP capability, or willingness to train into it, increases compensation

Additional Compensation

• Signing bonus of approximately 10% of base salary
• Third-year production bonus for physicians who elect the non-partner productivity model
• Partnership profit sharing and ASC ownership available after the partnership track (see below)

Path to Partnership and Profit Sharing

The practice offers a defined route to ownership, uncommon in a market dominated by employed models.

• Partnership consideration begins after three years (earlier for physicians who trained in the group's fellowship)
• Criteria include clinical skill, independence, participation, and collegiality
• Partners receive base pay plus 40% of net collections above overhead
• Ownership share is currently about 8.5% of partnership net profits per partner, adding roughly $150,000 to $200,000
• Practice buy-in is currently in the $100,000 to $125,000 range and can be organized over time
• A separate ASC ownership opportunity follows practice partnership, with its own structure

Physicians who prefer not to pursue partnership can remain on a base-plus-productivity model, earning 40% of collections above overhead without the profit-share or ownership components.

Benefits

Benefits and additional financial components not tied to production include:

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off: 3 weeks
• CME allowance: $2,000 and 5 days
• Relocation assistance: up to $20,000
• Malpractice coverage: claims-made policy

Malpractice