Employee Laid Off
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We have an employee who is a physical therapist (PT) and he was laid off due to lack of volume (patients). The doctor who refers patients to this clinic did not like the PT so he was not referring patients to him. Now the director of the clinic wants to hire another PT that the doctor has recommended - and it happens to be a female. If she is hired the doctor will start referring patients to her. The doctor is not employed by the client nor does he own the clinic - he just refers patients to the clinic. I would like to have some thoughts on this.
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This may have seemed like an easy way to get rid of someone, but ...
This is a very complicated situation. You might need to consult an attorney, especially if you answered yes to the last part of the last question.
Nae
Have you had complaints from patients about your current PT and if so have you documented them? Has your reviews with the employee included conversations regarding these complaints or the complaints from the doctor? Is the doctor specific about the reasons he won't refer patients or is it just that he doesn't like your employee?
I am also confused about the fact that the doctor does NOT own the clinic but is allowed to determine which of YOUR employees he will refer his patients to. I would think that the doctor would refer his patients to your clinic NOT to specific PT's? The other part that troubles me is that this doctor doesn't like your current employee but has a "friend" he wants YOU to employ...it just seems fishy to me.
Can you give the doctor's referrals to other PTs and have the laid off PT handle other patients?