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Compensation Issues

New data suggests the lower the proportion of total compensation paid as base salary to hospitalists, the higher productivity tends to be, according to the State of Hospital Medicine: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data and an MGMA news release.

Statistics show orthopedic surgeons are paid for call coverage more than any other specialty. According to a 2009 Sullivan Cotter Survey, approximately three out of four hospitals, who report on-call payments to physicians, provide payments for orthopedic surgeons. Health systems…

New Jefferson Healthcare superintendent CEO Mike Glenn will earn a base salary of $225,000 a year, making him the highest paid public administrator in Jefferson County, Wash., according to a Port Townsend Leader report.

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Here are nine statistics about compensation of physician extenders, including nurse practitioners, CRNAs and physician assistants, based on data collected between July 2009 and June 2010, according to The Delta Companies' Healthcare Recruiting Standard 2nd Quarter 2010.

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