Chris,
Glad you have that luxury. I knew an FP who had a recorder that said, "Call in the morning or call 911." Fulfilled the board requirements.
I am not sure your specialty. But if you take 100 patients on the weekends that have issues, 10% of FP patients will call and 90% of pediatric patients will call. It is simply a different population.
If I used a similar method as yours, I would soon have no calls.
Unfortunately, the best system is too costly. And, that would be to have an RN service triage the calls. But, some of those charge $25.00 per call.
One of the good things of being solo, is my patients know I know them. They trust me. And, they tend to leave me alone. Problem is most don't know I have carried a pager 24/7/365 for seven years.
At the very least we should get paid $5.00 to $10.00 a call. But, once again, you can't charge Medicaid 50 cents.
