Academic Hospitalists Earn Less Than Non-Academic Counterparts

Although academic hospitalists generate close to or more billable clinical activity — or encounters — than their non-academic colleagues, they earn less in compensation across both main specialties, according to the Society of Hospital Medicine’s and Medical Group Management Association’s State of Hospital Medicine: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data.

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Academic internal medicine hospitalists produce about 10 percent fewer encounters than their non-academic counterparts. However, non-academic internal medicine hospitalists make 27 percent more than academic internists. The average compensation for an academic internal medicine hospitalist in 2010 was $173,113, while salary and benefits averaged $220,144 for non-academic internal medicine hospitalists.

Academic pediatric hospitalists produced 50 percent more encounters than their non-academic counterparts. Average compensation for academic pediatric hospitalists in 2010 was $142,937, a 20 percent difference from non-academic pediatric hospitalists who earned $171,617 on average.

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