Powering the Revolution in Emergency Medicine

Our goal is to revolutionize Emergency Medicine in the community through empowering physicians, educating patients and bringing innovation to the Emergency Department

EmergiNet is a full service Emergency Medicine Management Group based in Atlanta, Georgia.

EmergiNet provides all the services, management tools and experience in Emergency Medicine Management that Hospitals seek to manage Emergency Medicine services.

Directions to our office can be found under the "Contact Us" tab.

Exciting opportunity

Exciting opportunity for Emergency Medicine physicians in Atlanta!

Join our team at a rapidly growing Emergency Department with expansion of current facility followed by plans for a new hospital, on the north side of Atlanta. Strong specialty backup and hospital administration support. Fee-for service based compensation, malpractice and tail coverage are provided. Flexible scheduling, no non-compete, and much more. More information can be found under the “Opportunities” tab.

Your FAQ to Karen Davis Young, CPA, CFO

January 19, 2012

I love it when I get this question— have you ever wondered about this?

FAQ: Karen, why doesn’t EmergiNet have a 401-K Match?

A: A 401-K match is a common means for a company to determine how much they will contribute towards your retirement plan. For example, a “.50 on the dollar” match means if you contribute $3,000 to the 401-K during the year, that the company will match it at $1,500. But the company ONLY contributes to the plan as a percentage of how much you first contribute.

The EmergiNet plan is far more generous. We contribute a percentage of your wages to the plan (over 13%) even when you don’t contribute to the 401-K. To this, add the fact that we do not have a ‘vesting schedule’. When we place the money into your retirement account-- it is 100% yours. Full stop.

I have been told by our Retirement Plan Consultants that they have NEVER seen a plan as generous as ours.

So, the next time you get asked this question, you have official ‘bragging rights’ that your EmergiNet plan is the very best there is!

For more information, see the HR section of this website under Retirement Plan or drop me a note at kyoung@emerginet.com

Cardiac Risk Factor Analysis in the Evaluation of Chest Pain in the ED January 2012

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Risk Management Communiqué

Prepared by Pete Steckl, MD, FACEP, Risk Management Director

January, 2012

Cardiac Risk Factor Analysis in the Evaluation of Chest Pain in the ED

Despite ongoing technological advances in cardiac evaluation and therapy, disposition of the ED chest pain patient remains an ongoing challenge. At 3 million ED visits per year, the sheer volume of these patients coupled with the potentially severe consequences of a misdiagnosis make chest pain assessment the most costly high risk area in emergency medicine practice.

I have a tendency to harp on about chest pain and its evaluation/risk in the ED. However, my concern is not without indication. For starters, it is important to realize that, all things being equal, 30% of all major emergency medicine lawsuits involve chest pain. The key word here is major. Though origins of lawsuits may vary, the average missed MI case tends to run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in indemnity and, in the case of catastrophic outcome in an afflicted young, productive individual, a payout can easily rise to the millions of dollars.