[g.giancaspro_108]

Are you looking for mammo only or mammo plus general?
With mammo there are probably some private groups you can contact directly and skip the locums company.
 

[adeniyi81]

Yes mammo only. Just have concerns about malpractice coverage thats why I considered the locums company aspect.

[ruszja]

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Yes mammo only. Just have concerns about malpractice coverage thats why I considered the locums company aspect.

Thats more of an insurance issue. Find a good medmal insurance broker and get yourself a ‘occurence’ policy that you can activate and deactivate as necessary.

There are so many locums agencies and they all seem to advertise the same gigs. I am under the impression that most are just hustlers who try to get their cut on a limited number of locums gigs. Most of those gigs are not working for radiology groups. They are filling holes in the schedule at hospitals and clinics.
As a ‘mammo only’, your customer base is going to be radiology groups. Once you have the insurance covered, I would contact every group in your licensed area and tell them that you are an experienced mammographer looking for x/y/z type of stints. Then contract with them directly.
Btw. Many medmal contracts held by a group have a locums provision where the group can cover a locums for x number of ‘instances’ and y number of days. You as the locums get a ‘certificate of coverage’ from the insurance for every ‘instance’ of providing coverage. So depending on who you work for, you may not have to hold your own medmal policy .

[Unknown Member]

Agencies work with Groups and facilities, some are fill ins or vacation coverage and others are full FTE seats. They cover med mal, 1/3 with a tail, some pay weekly and others net 15. By working through an agency you avoid and issues of working directly, politics, contracts etc. You work as a 1099, IC through the agency, do your work and collect a check. Highly recommend if you are going to do locums on a steady basis to create an LLC for tax benefits.