Description

On-Demand Video Series | Videos Recorded in 2024 and 2025

This video package offers an incredible amount of educational material about how to do locums while working through locums agencies. Too often, physicians are ill-prepared to do locums, as there is educational content out there, and the locums agencies and their recruiters exploit physicians’ lack of understanding of the industry. This video package ensures that physicians understand how the locums industry works and how the “game” is played. This video package includes videos about working through locums agencies from the following events/locations:

• FlexMedStaff YouTube channel
• 2024 and 2025 FlexMedStaff Summit
• FlexMedStaff webinars from 2024 and 2025

This video package provides the knowledge physicians need to succeed in the locums industry and offers advice on how to do so. Working with locums agencies might seem easy at first, but there are many nuances worth learning about. This video package is designed to shorten your learning curve, help you avoid costly missteps, provide greater clarity about the industry, and empower you to work with locums agencies with confidence.

This on-demand video package includes 21 physician-led recordings totaling 21 hours of content. This video collection brings together curated videos about working through locums agencies from the former FlexMedStaff YouTube channel, as well as recordings from the 2024 and 2025 FlexMedStaff Summits and webinars. Individual sessions range from brief, focused discussions lasting just a few minutes to in-depth presentations lasting up to one hour.

What You’ll Learn in This Video Package

• Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of working through locum agencies
• Understand how the locum industry operates and how the “game” works
• How to work with locums agencies and locums recruiters
• Knowing how agencies find opportunities and how they work through Vendor Management Systems (VMS)
• Understanding the Professional Services Agreement provided by locums Agencies
• How to negotiate pay, schedule, and contract terms
• Understanding the malpractice insurance offered by locums agencies
• Knowing and understanding the importance of your Confirmation Letter
• Understanding why issues and delays arise while working with locums agencies
• Preparing and organizing yourself to work through locums agencies
• How to structure yourself as a physician small business (LLC/PLLC, 1099 vs W-2)
• Building your personal brand and staying competitive

This video collection is designed for physicians at any stage of their locums journey. No matter if you are exploring locums for the first time or are a veteran of working through locums agencies, there is valuable content provided in this video package to better educate you about the industry and how to maximize your potential of working through agencies. The content is useful for physicians looking to do locums for supplemental income or to transition away from traditional employment models. Overall, these videos are intended for physicians who want to better educate and prepare themselves to work through locums agencies.

Video lectures include the following:

• Top 10 BS Lines Heard from Locums Recruiters (9 minute)
• Comparing Physician-run Locums Companies to Larger Locums Companies (17 minute)
• Is There a Good Locums Company to Work For? (2 minute)
• What Do You Need to Know About the Locums Companies’ Non-compete? (5 minute)
• How Do You Log Your Hours and Ensure You Get Paid by an Agency (6.5 minute)
• What’s the Delay from When You Are Presented to Confirmed at a Locums Assignment? (19.5 minute)
• What Should You Do If You Do Not Receive a Confirmation Letter from Your Locums Recruiter? (6 minute)
• What to Do If There Is a Significant Delay to Getting a Confirmation Letter? (4.5 minute)
• Why Is Your Locums Assignment Being Delayed by a Staffing Agency? (9.5 minute)
• What to Do Before You Start Your Next Locums Assignment? (8.5 minute)
• What Travel Items Will Be Paid for or Reimbursed by the Staffing Agency? (9 minute)
• What to Do to Avoid Any Delays in Starting Once You Receive a Confirmation Letter? (9 minute)
• How to Negotiate Higher Pay When Working with Staffing Agencies? (18 minute)
• What to Do Once You Receive a Confirmation Letter? (4 minute)
• Why Is My Locums Recruiter in Such a Rush to Fill a Locums Assignment? (6 minute)
• Understanding the Details Within the PSA That Physicians Must Sign with Locums Agencies (16 minute)
• When Must I Sign the PSA with a Staffing Agency? (7 minute)
• How to Get Staffing Agencies to Pay for State Medical Licenses & DEA (5.5 minute)
• How Long of an Assignment Should Physicians Agree to Work with Staffing Agencies? (8.5 minute)
• How Many Locums Assignments Should You Have When Working with Staffing Agencies? (9 minute)
• Shifts, Flights, and Sleepless Nights: Mastering Sleep Health for Locums Tenens (40 minute)
• Post-Summit Q&A Webinar #1 (120 minute)
• Post-Summit Q&A Webinar #2 (60 minute)
• Shower Hour: General Locums Focus (80 minute)
• Preparing for Your Transition: Your Runway to Success (30 minute)
• Shower Hour: Focus on Working with Locums Agencies (100 minute)
• Embracing Change: Non-traditional Working Arrangements for Physicians and Facilities (50 minute)
• Unlocking Opportunities: Strategic Advantage of Having Multiple DEAs and Medical Licenses (18 minute)
• Credentialing Tips and Tricks (20 minute)
• Plug and Play: How to Ease Transition to a New Unit (27 minute)
• Staying Organized: Creating a One-Doc Small Business (30 minute)
• Market Overview – Seeing the Forest from the Eyes of the Tree (25 minute)
• Understanding the Locums Game (18 minute)
• Guide to Getting Started: A Road Map to Independent Physician Work (65 minute)
• Elevating Your Worth: Crafting Creative Responses to Low-ball Offers (35 minute)
• Medical Malpractice Know-how (70 minute)
• The Importance of Building Your Own Personal Brand (30 minute)
• C’mon Man: 11 Contractual Issues with a PSA (60 minute)
• Locums Liaison: Frequently Asked Questions (40 minute)
• Who Pays for Credentialing Fees at a New Facility? (2.5 minute)
• How Many DEA Licenses Should We Have? (4 minute)
• How to Register Your PLLC or LLC? (5 minute)
• What to Name Your LLC or PLLC? (6 minute)
• When Should Physicians Hire a Lawyer to Handle Issues on the Job? (5 minute)
• How Physicians Should Have Their Roles to Be Defined in Their Contracts (5 minute)
• Keeping Updated with Life Support Certifications (6 minute)
• Don’t Forget to Schedule Your Orientation at a New Facility to Start Providing Services on Time (5.5 minute)
• What to Know About the IMLCC Compact License for Physicians (12 minute)
• Speak With an On-site Physician Before Your Next Opportunity at a Medical Facility (5 minute)
• Understanding Group Malpractice Policies and the Certificate of Insurance (13 minute)
• How to Be a Great Part-time, Locums, and Non-traditional Physician (9 minute)
• Understanding Tail Insurance (4 minute)
• Understanding the Basics of 1099 and W2 (6 minute)
• Is Health Insurance a Business Deductible? (2.5 minute)
• Understanding the Difference of Claims-made and Occurrence-based Malpractice Insurance Policies (5.5 minute)
• What Does That $1 Over $3 Million Mean on Your Malpractice Policy (3 minute)
• Why Do You Need Malpractice Insurance as a Physician? (4 minute)
• The Basic Workings and Financials of the Locums Industry (11.5 minute)
• How Do Locums Agencies Find Hospitals and New Assignments? (8 minute)
• How Physicians Find Locums Agencies and Recruiters? (10.5 minute)
• You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know: Mitigating Risks In Locums (44 minute)
• How to Find Hospitals and Medical Facilities to Contract Directly (11 minute)
• What to do About Housing For Long-Term Locums Assignments? (4 minute)

Included:

• Access to 63 recorded sessions, with nearly 21 hours of on-demand content
• Content from the former FlexMedStaff YouTube and the 2024 and 2025 FlexMedStaff Summits and webinars
• 21 hours of content
• 6 months of replay access through your member portal