The Center for Studying Health System Change has completed a study on the average compensation for physicians in different marketplaces and geographic locations. The study found that Physicians and Hospitals in some markets can drive payment levels far above those paid in more competitive markets (larger metropolitan areas).
This study referenced that physician's actual compensation was less variable in different markets, however hospitals were paid nearly five times the Medicare rate for inpatient care and more than seven times the rate for outpatient care in some of the most extreme areas the study found.
Read the full article in American Medical News, or click here:
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/12/06/bisc1210.htm
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