Highlights of MGMA's 2010 Physician Compensation Survey

With the current state of the economy and political changes in healthcare, physician’s compensation has been affected in many ways. MGMA has released their 2009 survey on physician compensation tracking the changes from 2008.

For the most part physician’s total compensation has increased slightly from the previous year, although the changes vary per specialty. Last year Primary Care Physicians experienced nearly 3% increase in their average income.

Specialty physicians in private practices averaged higher compensation than physicians in hospital owned practices. However physicians in hospital owned practices averaged higher compensation per case or RVU volume. Average compensation for private practice specialty physician’s was just over 25% than specialty physicians in hospital owned practices.

With the impending changes in healthcare and with healthcare reform the environment for physician compensation will greatly affect all physicians and specialties, particularly those in private practices. The surge in patients will also dramatically increase the current physician shortage, particularly for Primary Care Physicians in the coming years.


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