Directors in hospital-owned emergency medicine practices earned $20,000 per year while directors in nonhospital-owned practices earned $60,000, according to MGMA’s Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey:2010 Report Based on 2009 Data.
Surgical subspecialist directors received $40,000 annually in both hospital and nonhospital-owned practices, although compensation varied widely across specialties. The greatest compensation was reported for pathology, at $90,000 per year. The majority of medical practices reported median compensation levels of less than $50,000 annually.
In addition, directors who were responsible for attending meetings reported much lower compensation levels than directors who did not have to attend meetings.
Read an MGMA news release about the medical director compensation survey results.
