Huggins Hospital has been fortunate to have a low medical staff turnover. Being a small, critical access hospital, primary care turnover affects the community in a significant way. In 2008 Huggins was faced with the need to recruit two primary care physicians. They quickly realized the environment was changing when very few candidates were presented who were interested in practicing traditionally. It seemed that two tracks had replaced one: inpatient or outpatient, not both. This prompted hospital administrators to begin discussions with their medical staff on how to preserve primary care in their community for the long term. After a year of discussions and researching different options, they came to the conclusion a Hospitalist program was necessary.  Due to immediate outpatient recruitment needs, Huggins decided to get the program started before they would be able to recruit the Hospitalist team. In January of 2009, Huggins Hospital's administration team met with Medicus to discuss a partnership for launching a Hospitalist program. After a few discussions and meetings, Huggins Hospital and Medicus entered into a partnership and the Hospitalist program officially launched on March 23, 2009. "The Medicus physicians worked in conjunction with our local providers to ensure 100% coverage of the…

In 2007, we found ourselves in a transition stage with our Anesthesia Department at one of our hospitals. The incumbent group was nearing the end of their contract, and the new group was not slated to start for a few months. During this period, we were down 2-3 FTEs. Our affiliate hospital in Waynesboro also used locums Anesthesia doctors.   I was working with multiple locums companies representing multiple providers. We were experiencing quality issues with some of the doctors, and managing the process of covering the openings at both hospitals was becoming a full time job for me. I realized that I needed a better solution.   Medicus offered to manage my entire schedule for both hospitals and guarantee both the coverage and the quality of the physicians. We knew that Medicus was easy to work with, and the quality and consistency of the Medicus physicians was the best that we had experienced. So, we decided to work with Medicus exclusively, giving me a single point of contact.   Medicus seamlessly managed us through our transition. The quality of their clinical team, as well as the efficiency of their internal team allowed us to focus on the development of…