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NewsHospitals latching onto physician staff with pay, employment
Three-quarters of hospitals and health systems report increased physician staffing last year and plan to continue the trend in 2012, according to consulting firm SullivanCotter. Healthcare providers Read more...
Link physician pay to work hours to increase access to care
With a physician shortage and pay-for-performance shift hanging over the industry, some healthcare organizations have been incentivizing physicians to increase the availability of high-quality care. Read more...
Half of health execs use patient satisfaction as physician incentive
With quality performance tied to hospital reimbursements and revenue, leaders are using those same scores to decide how to pay their physicians. Fifty-seven percent of healthcare executives and Read more...
Hospitals to give minimal doc raises next year
Amid reduced reimbursements and escalating healthcare costs, hospitals will be doling out similar compensation increases for their employed physicians in 2012 compared to this year, according to Hay Read more...
Higher hospitalist base salary shows less compensation
Hospitals should consider the balance between compensation and productivity, according to a Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) press release this week. According to an MGMA and Society of Read more...
Physician pay flattens with cut reimbursements
Physician compensation growth was relatively flat (-0.14 average) from 2009 to 2010, according to national physician recruiter Medicus Firm's annual Physician Compensation and Relocation Report. Read more...
61% of physicians dissatisfied with pay
Sixty-one percent of physicians are dissatisfied with their compensation in 2010, according to early data released by healthcare recruitment consulting group MedicusFirm last week. Even more, 6 Read more...
Hospitalist salary plateaus, say MGMA and SHM
Hospitalists' compensation is steadying, while productivity grows, according to new data released on Wednesday from the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) and Medical Group Management Association Read more...
MGMA survey reveals mixed physician compensation
Internists have had the highest gains in compensation, and radiologists have had the least, according to a new physician compensation survey by Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released Read more...
Physicians compensated for volume, not quality
Like nails against a chalkboard, a new study by Merritt Hawkins reveals that physicians are compensated for patient volume and not quality, a trend that has some dismayed at current recruitment and Read more...
| Press ReleasesTowers Watson Strengthens Capabilities to Help Hospital Industry Address Changing Nature of Physician RelationshipsAdds two industry veterans with extensive physician compensation and alignment expertise NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Towers Watson (NYSE, NASDAQ: TW), a global professional services company, has Read more >> Physician Pay Increases to Decline in 2012, Hay Group Study Finds-- Group-based Specialists to Receive Highest Increases -- PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Physicians across all organization types can expect smaller salary increases in 2012 with salary increase Read more >> Packard Children’s Hospital Chooses MD Ranger Compensation Benchmarks for Physician ContractingSubscriber Database Provides Insights into Fair Market Value for Physician Contracts BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MD Ranger, Inc., a leading provider of compensation benchmarks for physician Read more >> MD Ranger Sees Continued Market Expansion of Physician Contracting and Compensation DatabaseSubscriber Database Provides Insights into Fair Market Value for Physician Contracts BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- MD Ranger, Inc., a leading provider of physician contract and compensation Read more >> Physician Pay More Closely Tied to Performance, According to Hay Group SurveyPHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Annual performance-based incentive plans are on the rise for physicians in both presence and scale, according to Hay Group’s 2010 Physician Compensation Survey. Most Read more >> |
