Staffing & Salary

More practices and payers are tying a portion of physician pay to patient satisfaction scores. But it may come with unintended consequences.

Each year we hear about the "flawed" SGR formula, but what's really wrong with it? Here's a look at the physician reimbursement model up for debate each year.

Our Physician Compensation Survey offers a glimpse into the financial challenges and opportunities for physicians.

Wondering where your compensation falls on the continuum? Our 2013 Physician Compensation Survey gives you both national and regional data.

The MGMA's Donna Knapp and Todd Evenson discuss current and looming quality and cost factors that are playing a role in physician compensation.

Consultant John Lutz discusses the transition from volume- to value-based healthcare and how medical practices can begin preparing today.

Should quality measures and patient satisfaction help determine a physician's pay?

Value-based physician compensation incentives are gaining momentum, but aren’t going away any time soon.

Doctors can breathe a sigh of relief as a Medicare pay cut of nearly 30 percent is narrowly averted - at least temporarily.

Family physicians, general internists, and pediatricians can look forward to Medicare and Medicaid pay increases in 2013.

Noteworthy items from Physicians Practice.

In our 2012 Physician Compensation Survey, we asked physicians from around the country how - and how much - they're being paid. Here's what we learned.

Here's the full data for the Physicians Practice 2012 Physician Compensation Survey, based on more than 1,300 respondents.

As medical practices begin participating in value-based reimbursement initiatives, physician compensation plans must change. Here’s how.

The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) recently defined a “high-performing health system.” Does your health system make the cut?

We have a marketplace that often values the time of lawyers more than the care provided by physicians. Something has to change.

New research finds that female physicians might be better off becoming physician assistants.

Here's a primer on medical liability payment data contained in the National Practitioners Data Bank (NPDB) and why it is important for physicians .

A natural solution to an increased workload is to recruit for a new physician. Having a plan makes the process much more effective for both the new recruit and your practice.

Here are seven key elements of CMS' proposed Medicare fee schedule for next year that should be on the minds of physicians and practices.

Possible explanations why the average female physician researcher earns $350,000 less during a 30-year career than her male counterparts.

Closing a practice is a process that can take months to do properly and should not be rushed.

There are a number of reasons the value-based payment modifier initiative could be an unfair way to determine physician reimbursement. Here are three of them.

Health reform is supposed to finally provide emphasis on healthcare quality when it comes to physician income, as a counterweight against patient volume. But are you ready for the changes? Plus: Are you earning what your peers make? The results of our annual Physician Compensation Survey are inside.

Here's my prediction: your practice will be audited in the next 24 months and asked to return overpayments.

The feds have aggressively stepped up their fraud and abuse efforts. Your practice may play by the rules, but that doesn't guarantee it will escape federal scrutiny.

The deadline for conversion from the present electronic claims transaction standard to Version 5010 is fast approaching. Make sure both your practice and systems vendor are ready for the change.

Medical practices face two significant deadlines that require planning and testing in 2011. The first is the new 5010 electronic claims transmission standard, the second ICD-10.

According to our 2010 Physician Compensation Survey, group size can be a big factor in how much you earn. Find out how your income stacks up to that of your peers.