How Physicians Structure Compensation and Practice Models
CORRECTLY

  • Understand How Physicians Are Paid

    Learn how money actually flows in each practice model — and why many physicians misunderstand their own compensation

  • Avoid Structural Compensation Traps

    Identify long-term traps in contracts, overhead models, and pay structures that quietly destroy income and flexibility.

  • Choose With Eyes Open

    Compare models using a simple Risk / Control / Reward framework instead of hearsay and anecdotes.

Where Physicians Lose Income Structurally

High overhead vs net income mismatch
Compensation models misaligned with workload
Clinic ownership equity gaps
Fee-split misunderstandings
Incorporation timing errors

About the Course

Choosing the wrong practice model can quietly cost you years of flexibility, income, and control. A practical, plain-language guide to how different practice models and compensation structures actually work — so you can avoid long-term mistakes, hidden risks, and structural income traps.

Instructor(s)

I led the team that built mdchecklist after years of working as a family physician inside real clinics and seeing how competent doctors quietly lose money, time, and control due to invisible system failures—including myself early on. In a clinic in Saskatoon, a simple review of billing and documentation structure uncovered over $46,000 per year in missed revenue, without adding a single patient. mdchecklist is not CME filler—it’s a practical operating system built by physicians to stop real money leaks, reduce CMPA and CRA risk, and put doctors back in control of how their practice actually runs.

Dr Ali Ranjbaran, MD CCFP

Founder — MDChecklist System

Practice Model Compensation Framework

    1. How Canadian Physicians Actually Get Paid — and How to Stop Making Expensive Structural Mistakes

    2. Overview of Practice Models

    3. Module Overview

    1. The Three Levers That Actually Control Your Income

    2. The Risk–Control–Reward Framework

    1. CHAPTER 2 — The Main Compensation Models in Canada

    2. Practice Models

    3. Practice Models ( Continue...)

    4. Practice Models ( Continue...)

    1. CHAPTER 3 — Clinic Structures: Where Most Money Leaks Happen

    2. Employee vs Contractor vs Associate: The Label Is Not the Reality

    3. The Common Overhead Models

    4. The Overhead Illusion

    5. What a “Good” Deal Actually Looks Like

    1. CHAPTER 4 — Ownership vs Associate: The Real Tradeoffs

    2. The Real Economics of Ownership

    3. The Associate Convenience Tax

    4. Partnerships: Power Matters More Than Percentages

    5. The Lifestyle Myth

    1. CHAPTER 5 — Incorporation & Pay Mix (High-Level, Practical)

    2. What Incorporation Changes — and What It Doesn’t

    3. Salary vs Dividends: The Real Tradeoffs

    4. Why “My Accountant Told Me So” Is Not a Strategy

Practice Model

  • 35 lessons

Who This Is For?

Physicians unsure how they’re truly compensated
Associates vs owners evaluating income tradeoffs
Early-career doctors choosing clinic structures
Mid-career physicians reassessing overhead models

Two ways to access MDChecklist

Core Access = Access the Billing & Documentation Framework + Core Practice Modules

Full Access = Core Access + all future expansions

MDChecklist is an evolving practice operating system. CME credits pending accreditation approval.
Most physicians recover the cost of this system within their first 2–4 weeks of implementation
If you do not identify measurable billing or documentation improvements within 30 days, we will work with you to optimize implementation