Stella Mattina's compensation structure reflects a fundamental understanding that physicians who feel fairly compensated and financially secure provide better patient care, experience greater professional satisfaction, and build sustainable long-term careers. The financial package here isn't designed to barely compete with other opportunities or to maximize organizational profit at physician expense—it's structured to attract and retain excellent clinicians by providing genuine financial security, rewarding clinical productivity appropriately, and eliminating the constant financial anxiety that plagues many primary care physicians.
Unlike practices where compensation feels arbitrary or disconnected from your work, or where promised incentives never quite materialize due to constantly shifting metrics, Stella Mattina offers transparent, predictable compensation that allows you to make informed financial decisions for yourself and your family. This is financial stability that lets you focus on medicine rather than worrying whether you can pay your student loans, afford your mortgage, or save adequately for your children's education and your own retirement.
Your compensation at Stella Mattina combines a competitive base salary with productivity-based incentives that reward your clinical work without creating unsustainable pressure to sacrifice quality for volume. The base salary component provides financial security and predictability—you'll know your minimum income regardless of seasonal patient volume fluctuations, practice ramp-up periods, or variability in ambulatory practice. This foundation allows you to plan financially while eliminating the feast-or-famine anxiety common in purely productivity-based models.
The production-based incentive structure recognizes and rewards your clinical productivity beyond base expectations, creating upside earning potential while maintaining the practice's commitment to quality over quantity. Unlike environments where productivity pressure becomes overwhelming or incentive calculations feel opaque and frustrating, here the metrics are clear, the calculations are transparent, and the emphasis remains on sustainable practice rather than burnout-inducing volume demands.
Recognizing that transitioning to a new practice—especially one requiring geographic relocation—involves significant financial considerations, Stella Mattina provides a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance to ease this transition. The sign-on bonus provides immediate financial support for expenses associated with starting a new position, from temporary housing costs to licensing fees to incidental moving expenses.
The relocation assistance specifically addresses the practical costs of moving yourself and your family to the Dallas-Fort Worth area, whether you're coming from across the country or from another Texas location. This support isn't token assistance requiring you to fund most relocation costs from personal savings—it's meaningful financial help that demonstrates the organization's commitment to making your transition smooth and stress-free.
Your health insurance package provides comprehensive coverage for you and your family, ensuring access to high-quality healthcare without the financial anxiety that inadequate coverage creates. The medical, dental, and vision insurance plans are designed to meet the healthcare needs of physicians and their families—people who understand healthcare quality and expect comprehensive coverage that actually works when needed.
Beyond basic health coverage, the benefits package includes life insurance providing financial protection for your family, ensuring that your sudden absence wouldn't create financial hardship. This coverage reflects the organization's understanding that physicians with families need security beyond just health insurance—they need to know their loved ones would be financially protected even in worst-case scenarios.
Stella Mattina offers a 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching contributions, helping you build long-term financial security while providing immediate tax advantages. The employer match represents additional compensation beyond your base salary and incentives—it's money the organization contributes directly to your retirement savings, accelerating wealth accumulation and demonstrating investment in your long-term well-being.
The availability of professional retirement planning resources helps ensure you're making informed decisions about contribution levels, investment allocation, and long-term wealth-building strategies. This support is particularly valuable for physicians whose medical training included little financial education, leaving many uncertain about retirement planning despite high incomes.
Your benefits package includes 27 days of paid time off annually—nearly a month each year to rest, recharge, travel, or spend time with family without sacrificing income. This isn't minimal PTO forcing you to ration vacation days—it's genuine time off reflecting the understanding that physicians need restorative time to maintain energy and focus for excellent patient care.
Beyond standard PTO, you'll receive six paid holidays annually and five dedicated CME days with an accompanying allowance for registration fees, travel expenses, and related costs. This ensures you can maintain certification, stay current with advances, and pursue professional interests without financial burden or sacrificing personal time.
Your essential professional expenses are covered by the practice, eliminating the financial burden that independent practitioners carry. Your medical license, DEA registration, board certification fees, and professional society dues are paid by the organization—costs that can total thousands annually and represent significant out-of-pocket expenses elsewhere.
The CME allowance can be used for conference registration fees, travel, and accommodation costs, ensuring you can pursue professional development based on interest and educational value rather than financial limitations. Whether attending national conferences or pursuing specialized training, you'll have financial support making these opportunities accessible.
When you consider the complete compensation and benefits structure at Stella Mattina—competitive base salary with productivity incentives, comprehensive health coverage, generous time off, retirement planning with matching contributions, professional expense coverage, and meaningful sign-on and relocation support—you're looking at a financial package designed for genuine security and to reward excellent clinical work appropriately.
More importantly, this compensation comes attached to a practice structure that makes it possible to enjoy the financial rewards you're earning. The no-call schedule means your personal time is truly yours. The virtual physician scribe service means you're not spending evenings completing documentation without compensation. The adequate support staff and efficient systems mean you can practice productively without burning out. Financial compensation only provides satisfaction when you actually have time and energy to enjoy it—and here, the structure ensures both the compensation and the lifestyle to make it meaningful.
This is Family Medicine compensation as it should be: fair recognition of your value, genuine financial security for you and your family, and the practice conditions that make it possible to build a sustainable, satisfying career in primary care.