Here are the six most common types of bonuses offered to physicians last year. Note: Multiple responses could be chosen, and the bonuses only reflect physician searches that offered salary plus a production bonus.
• RVU-based: 54 percent
• Quality: 35 percent
• Net collections: 33 percent
• Gross billings: 5 percent
• Patient encounters: 5 percent
• Other: 3 percent
*Other included timely delivery of patient records, profit sharing, discretionary bonus, administrative responsibilities and leadership stipends.
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