Should You Consider Working for Someone Else? If you do not want to immediately (or ever) pursue ownership of a practice, but you want to provide healthcare services to patients who can benefit from your expertise, you may be considering or have already committed to an employment position, e.g., military, hospital, private practice associateship, etc. Or, you might decide to work for someone else as an independent contractor.
Should You Consider Hiring an Associate? If you are a practice owner who wants to add an associate doctor to your practice, whether that associate will be an employee or whether that associate may eventually be involved in a future option to buy the practice, you need to know when and how to approach an associateship option.