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Compensation Issues

Out of 16 branches of pediatrics surveyed, pediatricians who specialize in neonatal medicine earned the most on average last year, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."

Physicians across all types of healthcare organizations can expect their salary increases to be around 2.5 percent in 2012, which is down from the pay increases of 2.7 percent in 2011, according to a Hay Group news release.

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Registered nurse salaries increased by 1.1 percent over 2009 to a median salary of $60,500, representing a greater jump than the salary movement of other ASC positions, including administrator (1 percent increase), business office manager (stagnant), operating room technician (stagnant),…

Hospital administrations and executives are experiencing, and will continue to experience, increasing changes to the healthcare system. Accountable care organizations, bundled payments, physician alignment, health IT initiatives, service line affiliations, reducing readmissions — they all create a carousel of issues…

Physicians practicing internal medicine who were employed by a hospital made less per year than those who were in non-hospital-owned practices, according to the Medical Group Management Association's "Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2011 Report Based on 2010 Data."

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