Physician and executive compensation

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Plastic surgeons ask: What recession?
 
How much return does that PhD provide?
 
Pharmacists test payment model based on outcomes
 
Payers: Expect to feel a double-team pinch
 
Productivity continues to outpace compensation
 
School debt can be significant in primary care
 
California still golden for pharmacists
 
‘Freeze the pay on specialists’
 
Seven design features that could improve P4P
 
Medicare P4P falling short on bonuses
 
Pay raises in store for clinical executives
 
Despite downturn, pharmacy jobs abound
 
Concierge care at a discounted price
 
Removing incentives makes docs screen less
 
Chief medical officer position crucial to bottom line
 
Imbalances seen with revenues, compensation
 
Low-performing docs benefit most from P4P
 
Medical groups can receive 2% bonus from CMS
 
Docs paid faster, with fewer claims denied
 
Health plan medical execs see pay increases
 
Marginal increase in chief medical officer pay
 
Majority of docs contract with managed care
 
‘The Badger State’ pays FPs and GPs the most
 
Pharmacist employment outlook rosy
 
Nurse anesthetists’ pay comparable to PCPs’
 
Perhaps health plans should collaborate on P4P
 
Medical directors’ pay is far less when hospital owns the practice
 
Physician retention programs gain acceptance
 
Despite recession, doc outlook remains bright
 
Docs unconvinced about P4P effectiveness
 
Specialists warming to pay for performance
 
Risk contracts help medical groups’ bottom line
 
Is managed care losing its coercive power?
 
Hospitals driving the demand for PCPs
 
Public would pay for pharmacist input
 
Blame Medicare for primary care shortage?
 
Medicare enrollees oppose cuts to MA to fix physician pay
 
Medicare to cut physician pay — maybe
 
46% jump in number of physicians working part-time
 
Too much variety in pay-for-performance programs?
 
CMS hybrid payment system shows promise
 
Women increasingly fill medical director role
 
Emerging role for new niche specialists
 
Medical directors’ pay up 37% since ‘97 — or not
 
P4P — giving rewards at the practice level
 
How primary care doctors are paid affects quality in Medicaid MCOs
 
Primary care gains over 3 years
 
Psychiatrists paid well by drugmakers
 
AMA: Patients Will Feel Cuts in Medicare
 
Which insurer is best at paying docs?
 
Most docs break bread with pharma
 
Physicians oppose public disclosure of quality
 
Achieving quality measures yields high bonuses for U.K. physicians
 
Quality is important, but productivity rules
 
Change from salary to relative value units leads to higher income for physicians
 
More than half of the nation’s HMOs use pay-for-performance programs
 
Doctors say they’re busy but underpaid
 
Physician salaries outpace production in 2006
 
Malpractice premiums constitute small component of expenses
 
Put away that carrot and stick
 
Physicians’ real income continues to fall
 
Fewer doctors contract with managed care
 
Physician disclosure strengthens patients’ trust
 
Pay-for-performance champions excited by California program’s success
 
Higher salaries go to clinical executives who hold business degrees (except MPH)
 
CMO pay raises averaged 9.9% in 2004–2005
 
Docs distrust ‘pay for performance’
 
Health plan medical directors doing well
 
Minimal improvement in quality seen in P4P
 
Salary slowdown reported for specialists
 
It’s good to be a pharmacist in California
 
Malpractice payouts flat but premiums rise 120%
 
Economically, country mouse does better
 
Quick results, not self-referrals, fuel increase in imaging tests
 
New model, more money for family docs
 
When doctors quit, pay is not the main reason
 
Family practice base salary continues to improve
 
Pediatric groups’ revenue increase falls behind boost in practice costs
 
Private practice physicians find dual role challenging
 
Go West, young pharmacist
 
Abandonment of capitation may inflate MCOs’ costs
 
Does payment method drive procedure rates?
 
Four physician specialties report double-digit gains
 
Medicaid fees rise, but still below Medicare
 
Hill Physicians Medical Group outshines California’s pay-for-performance program
 
Providers retain upper hand over health plans
 
Physician pay remains flat, but bonuses rise
 
Pharmacy directors see healthy increase in pay in 2003
 
Physician-owned practices benefit from diverse mix of specialists
 
Primary care salaries hold steady
 
Opportunities abound for physician executives
 
Family physicians paid less per RVU than internists
 
Malpractice protection efforts seem to come up short
 
Physician compensation trend differs depending on whom you ask
 
Primary care pay falls again
 
Gender gap continues: Women health care execs earn 19 percent less than their male counterparts
 
Where physician executives can expect the best pay
 
Doctors take oaths, lawyers take money
 
Liability insurance premium hikes take bite out of physicians’ income
 
Economic boom of ’90s left many physicians behind
 
Specialists say greater clinical autonomy not affecting their incomes
 
Pediatric subspecialties command top dollar
 
Managed care: An ever-growing part of physician income
 
Providers turn to fee-for-service charges to make up revenue lost under capitation
 
Combating the coming physician shortage
 
“For locum tenens physicians, money’s not everything – but it’s not bad”
 
Medicare holds down physician pay
 
Life may be better without a white coat
 
Money isn’t everything
 
Physician incomes rise in academia
 
Radiologists, anesthesiologists in demand
 
What’s An E-Mail Consultation Worth?
 
Primary care physicians’ compensation better reflects productivity
 
Executive bonuses: Health care takes care of its own
 
Primary Care Salaries Go South
 
Specialist compensation outpaces primary care
 
Hospitals scramble for cutting-edge personnel
 
Pay scales suggest that Mom was right
 
How well do for-profit plans value their executives?
 
How nice to be the chief medical officer – of a large commercial HMO in or near Minnesota
 
Compensating the pharmacy services manager
 
Incentives make the difference
 
Demand’s cool for primary care physicians
 
Compensation, patient-care time vary widely by practice size
 
Physician income trends vary by specialty
 
Some primary care salary increases lag behind other health care professionals
 
When pressure’s on, raises get better
 

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