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This 12-page monthly business newsletter focuses on the specifics of actual physician pay plans used by medical group practices.

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Issue 8, August 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• With reform looming, experts offer compensation and recruitment predictions for 2010 and beyond

  We asked members of the PCR advisory board and other experts in physician compensation and...

• Dermatology demand, satisfaction, pay still high despite economy

  With little or no call, high compensation, regular hours, and high satisfaction, dermatology is...

• Develop situation-specific recruitment strategies

  HCPro recently published The Hospital Executive's Guide to Physician Staffing, by Hugo J...

Issue 7, July 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Shortages, low pay bode ill for future of primary care

  Whether there’s truly a shortage of physicians in some specialties is a matter of...

• Hospitals increasingly set on-call compensation limits, physicians demand grounds for decision

  As healthcare organizations continue to struggle with on-call compensation issues, hospitals, like...

• Leadership: Medical director survey finds wide range of duties, comp

  Just what do medical directors do? How much should they be paid? A recent survey provides some...

Issue 6, June 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Philosophical agreement crucial to success

  Mergers and acquisitions are on the increase, and they bring with them a host of...

• Cardiologists remain well compensated, but trouble looms

  Cardiology remains one of the most highly paid specialties, but the specters of mass retirements...

• Most providers paid for call coverage, MGMA survey finds

  Sixty-two percent of healthcare providers receive some form of additional compensation for on-call...

Issue 5, May 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Fit, family, formal programs keys to retention

  The recession appears to have?at least temporarily?slowed physician turnover. But the factors that...

• Demand, reform, productivity pay: ED docs poised for change

  Emergency physicians, or emergency medicine physicians (EMP), are in high demand?a demand that may...

Issue 4, April 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Stagnant housing market keep physicians at home

  The housing market continues to make physician recruiting more difficult.

• Regular hours, challenging work, growing comp attract hospitalists

  Hospital medicine is on its way to becoming the largest specialty in the U.S., even though...

• Accurate comp calculations crucial to fair market value

  As health systems increasingly acquiring private practices, it’s more important than ever for...

Issue 3, March 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Acquisition and employment trend means changes for recruiting

  As predicted by PCR experts in December, we will likely see hospitals and health systems increasing...

• In demand, otolaryngologists are, well paid and highly satisfied

  With high compensation, strong demand, and the opportunity to perform a variety of well-paid...

• SullivanCotter survey: Higher compensation, lower pay per wRVU

  A new compensation survey suggests that physicians are weathering the economic downturn, but it...

Issue 2, February 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• Physician discontent abounds, but recent survey offers some clues to retention, recruitment

  Recent reports suggest that physician frustration is increasing and satisfaction decreasing...

• Aging population, rural shortages help drive CRNA demand

  These practitioners are well compensated, in great demand, and more than 90% are satisfied. Sound...

• Compensation trends: Family practice versus internal medicine

  The landscape of physician practices and their compensation is in constant flux. With changing...

• Locum tenens thrives, even during a recession

  The use of locum tenens physicians is ubiquitous, and for the past few years, it has been a...

Issue 1, January 1, 2009 - VIEW THE FULL ISSUE

• MGMA confirms that costs outpace revenues: What does it mean? And what will it

  A recent report from MGMA confirms that operating costs are rising faster than revenue in many...

• Lack of ancillary income drives lower compensation for psychiatry

  Given the limited opportunities for ancillary income coupled with various reimbursement challenges...

• CMS Final Rule includes a few surprises

  The CMS 2009 Final Physician Fee Schedule Rule doesn’t vary much from the proposed rule...

• Can the medical home save primary care?

  by Phillip Miller Primary care is in trouble, and there may be no way to save it. That was the...

• PCR 2008 index

  Ask the experts Calculate compensation for medical directors and chiefs. Oct., p. 11. Communicate...