Can you afford this hire?
A new clinician bills a fraction while ramping but costs near-full from day one. Model the ramp to see the cash dip and the break-even month before you commit.
A new clinician bills a fraction while ramping but costs near-full from day one. The gap is the cash you front. A salary hire dips harder than a split (their pay doesn't drop with low early billings). The bars show your cumulative position month by month.
The hardest part of a hire that isn’t working is admitting it. Draw the line now, while it’s just math: the hours they need to hit, by when, and the date you’ll honestly look. Later, when the ramp falls behind that line, Keystone reminds you the call is due — before the sunk cost talks you out of it.
That is one seat, roughly. The full read runs every seat, exactly, and puts your three highest-dollar decisions in front of you, each with a drafted first step: $79, one-time.
See your whole practice free →This is one slice. The full Snapshot shows every clinician, your own real hourly rate, and where the money actually goes. Free, about five minutes, nothing leaves your browser.
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