Opportunity assessment check list
Opportunity Assessment for Nephrology Fellows
Practice Environment
- Management Structure
- Partnership track
- Solo
- Partnership
- Group
- Multispecialty
- NP/PA
- Coverage
Demonstration of Need
- Too many patients
- Too much time to wait for appointments
- Market expansion
- New center
- New business venture
- New competitor in the market
Health Care Facility
- Hospital
- Outpatient
- Inpatient
- Encounters
- Dialysis Center
- Clinic
- Ownership
- Joint Venture
- Ancillary income opportunities:
- Medical Director Agreement
- MRI
- Kidney Ultrasound
- CKD Clinic
- Vascular Access Center
Practice Volume
- Payer Mix
- Hospitalist program
- Primary Care Physicians
- Urology
- Cardiology
- Endocrinology
Financial Package
- Employed
- Income guarantee
- Research/Clinical Trials
Location
- Significant Other/Family Needs
- Population
- Nearest Major City/Distance
- Economy
- Recreation
- Schools
- Climate

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