Earlier this year, HHC announced a physician compensation deal that would reward physicians who meet patient satisfaction, care quality and efficiency goals — also known as pay-for-performance. HHC is the largest municipal hospital system in the United States with more than 3,300 physicians and 11 hospitals.
The Doctors Council SEIU, which represents roughly 2,000 of the 3,300 HHC physicians, said physicians “had little to no input” on the agreement and that the deal was “between administrators,” according to the report. The union wants to renegotiate the compensation deal that will allow physicians to take every medically appropriate measure instead of one that will incent them to keep an “eye toward their next bonus.”
Physicians within HHC make between $140,000 for primary care and $400,000 for specialists.
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