Primary care department chairs have the highest median quality incentive payments across physician specialties and positions, according to the 2014 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey from Sullivan, Cotter and Associates.
Although primary care quality incentive payments rank highest among department chairs, for staff physicians and medical directors and division chiefs, surgical specialties see the highest median quality incentive payments.
Check out the graph below, modified from SullivanCotter, to learn more about median quality incentive payments in the 2014 report.
Median Quality Incentive Payments |
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Position level |
Primary care |
Medical |
Surgical |
Hospital-based |
Staff Physicians |
$10,093 |
$15,358 |
$17,876 |
$12,908 |
Medical Director/Division Chief |
$12,822 |
$17,263 |
$32,517 |
$15,720 |
Department Chairs |
$56,833 |
$47,500 |
$44,959 |
$40,122 |