The survey, which was taken by 1,985 members of the ACPE, revealed the two-year rate of increase in total compensation was 5.9 percent in 2011, the lowest since the 2001 survey reported a 5 percent increase. The growth rate is down significantly from 2009, which reported an 11.6 percent increase in total compensation for physician executives.
Physician CEOs recorded some of the lowest increases. They reported a two-year increase of only 4.2 percent in 2011 compared with a 13 percent increase in 2009.
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