Description

On-Demand Video Series | Recorded October 2025

This video package focuses on key topics every physician must be aware of when contracting directly with healthcare facilities rather than going through staffing agencies for locum-type work. These videos were recorded at the Rise-up! Physician Summit, a 4-day virtual event held in October 2025. This video package ONLY includes the lectures on contracting directly from the Rise-up Summit. 

This on-demand video package, which includes 16 lectures, each 30 minutes in length, will guide you step-by-step through the practical, real-world aspects of contracting directly with healthcare facilities—without relying on traditional locum agencies. In addition, there is a 2+ hour Q&A panel discussion about contracting directly.

Across these sessions, you will learn how to:

• Understand the practical differences between W-2 and 1099 work, including tax implications, benefits tradeoffs, and retirement planning strategies
• Understand the importance of preparing for and organizing essential documents to work independently and move quickly on opportunities
• Identify and connect with healthcare facilities and learn how to navigate your first conversation with a facility about contracting directly
• Evaluate common pay structures along with how to determine and negotiate for fair compensation that aligns with FMV
• Understand malpractice insurance fundamentals
• Read and interpret professional services agreements (PSAs)
• Recognize common roadblocks to direct contracting and implement strategies to overcome them
• Build long-term relationship with facilities that support autonomy, transparency, and career flexibility while contracting directly

These recordings are ideal for physicians who want transparency, autonomy, and a clear framework for building a more flexible and financially informed career via direct contracting. Whether you are exploring direct contracting for the first time, supplementing a W-2 job, or transitioning fully into independent work, this on-demand collection of videos provides the foundational knowledge and practical guidance physicians need for starting a successful career at contracting directly with healthcare facilites without having to go through locums agencies.

Video lectures include the following:

• The Basics: Understanding 1099 vs W-2
• Preparing to Direct Contract as 1099 and W-2
• Finding Direct Contracts
• Direct Contracting 101: Your First Conversation with a Facility
• Common Pay Structures in Locums
• A Primer on Malpractice Insurance When Contracting Directly
• How to Handle Travel When Contracting Directly
• Understanding the Terms of Your Contract When Contracting Directly
• The Power of Understanding Stark Laws: FMV and Commercial Reasonableness
• Road Blocks: Barriers to Direct Contracting and How to Overcome Them
• Keys to Contracting Directly
• Reasons Why I Don’t Use Locums Agencies Anymore
• How to Negotiate the Best Rates When Contracting Directly
• Keys to Running a One-Doc Locums Business When Going Direct
• Geographic Restrictions: When Direct Contracting Can Be Useful
• Moonlighting the Smart Way: Direct Contracts Without Leaving Your W-2
• Q&A Panel Discussion: Contracting Directly

Included:

• Access to all 16 recorded sessions from the 2025 Rise-up Physician Summit about contracting directly
• Access to Q&A panel discussion  about contracting directly (2.5 hours)
• 10 hours of content
• 6 months of replay access through your member portal