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M OSTPHYSICIANSPECIALTIESSAW inreases at or just above the rate of inflation in 2004 according to a survey of members of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). Primary care specialties saw increases of 6 percent to 8.8 percent, after sev- eral years of declining compensation or negligible increases. The AMGA mailed the survey to more than 2,600 medical groups across the country in February 2005.

RSM McGladrey received 197 valid re- sponses, representing approximately 34,000 providers and published the results in August. During 2004, the survey found the three specialties that experienced the largest increases in compensation were general surgery (8.89 percent), pediatrics & adolescent (8.76 per- cent), and hematology & oncology (8.52 percent). Primary care physi- cians in family medicine and internal medicine also saw healthy increases after several years of negligible in- creases or decreases: family medicine (6.31 percent) and internal medicine (7.57 percent).

Three specialties which had seen some of the largest increases in 2003 received among the lowest increases for 2004: Cardiology increased by 0.07 percent, cardiac/thoracic surgery by 1.13 per- cent, and gastroenterology by 1.07 percent. cWe are gratified to see that prima- ry care specialties are finally seeing increases, d said Donald W. Fisher, PhD, the president ... more. less.

and chief execu- tive officer of the American Medical Group Association. cThis year, howev- er, increases across the board were below 9 percent, after years of sharp increases in certain high-demand spe- cialties. As compensation increases slow, the cost of practicing medicine continues to rise. d AMGA, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, represents med- ical groups, including large integrat- ed health-care delivery systems. To purchase the complete survey, go to www.amga.org or contact Stefan Rozga at 703-838-0033, ext. 326 or srozga@amga.org. Charts reprinted with permission from the 2005 Medical Group Compensation & FinancialSurvey copyright ©2005 American Medical Group Association ( www.amga.org ). September/October 2005 Unique Opportunities ® The Physician 9s Resource www.uoworks.com 1-800-888-2047 Vital STATS Leveling Incomes 2005 Medical Group Compensation & Financial Survey shows balanced increases for physicians in all specialties. The compensation to productivity ratio is the proportion of compensation related to gross charges for a provider. (The physician receives the named percentage of the gross charges he produced.) The value is a median of computed ratios for all physicians reporting both compensation and gross charges. Compensation SpecialtyPercent Anesthesiology35.2 Cardiology (General)25.8 Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery25.2 Dermatology26.2 Diag Radiology (Interv 9l)27.5 Diag Radiology (Non-interv 9l)23.0 Emergency Care31.1 Endocrinology40.1 Family Medicine33.1 Gastroenterology24.0 General Surgery26.6 Gynecology & Obstetrics28.9 Hematology/Oncology48.9 Hospitalist48.4 Hypertension & Nephrology31.0 Infectious Disease38.6 Internal Medicine34.8 Neurology33.4 Neurological Surgery22.3 Occ/Environmental Med48.1 Ophthalmology22.1 Orthopaedic Surgery26.9 Otolaryngology25.8 Pathology28.3 Peds/Adolescent Med31.5 Psychiatry44.2 Pulmonary Disease33.8 Rheumatology35.8 Urgent Care36.3 Urology25.6 Ratio of compensation to productivity www.uoworks.com 1-800-888-2047 Unique Opportunities ® The Physician 9s Resource September/October 2005 AMGA Physician Compensation Survey Continued from previous page Vital STATS SPECIALTYEASTWESTSOUTHNORTH Anesthesiology$275,000$298,000$334,200$334,033 Cardiology (General)264,900343,646386,957369,566 Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery387,298343,050421,240469,860 Dermatology225,000289,409322,138263,201 Diag Radiology (Interv 9l)345,860410,000537,942410,250 Diag Radiology (Non-interv 9l)330,000350,224383,319383,256 Emergency Care200,327228,814225,905239,984 Endocrinology166,675185,000177,665201,241 Family Medicine141,225166,750163,417168,488 Gastroenterology263,594325,698325,033306,994 General Surgery258,028275,336301,761330,903 Gynecology & Obstetrics232,276240,118258,756275,419 Hematology/Oncology207,300261,004293,043255,007 Hospitalist153,515175,084183,775171,913 Hypertension & Nephrology186,683238,750253,228214,751 Infectious Disease161,206179,402175,000203,640 Internal Medicine158,824171,246167,740170,511 Neurology180,882199,614204,000201,241 Neurological Surgery352,352495,266553,500465,006 Occ/Environmental Med157,611182,159173,541187,470 Ophthalmology232,863254,743276,280304,994 Orthopaedic Surgery336,163374,942390,270393,249 Otolaryngology250,390282,966303,011320,007 Pathology245,422247,764252,000268,500 Peds/Adolescent Med155,916168,301191,511168,609 Psychiatry155,673197,021168,160177,000 Pulmonary Disease199,831249,865225,400228,359 Rheumatology153,000192,026181,525193,301 Urgent Care179,300179,357180,395173,683 Urology270,493302,600351,585358,008 MEDIAN PHYSICIAN COMPENSATION By geographic region Charts reprinted with permission from the 2005 Medical Group Compensation & FinancialSurvey copyright ©2005 American Medical Group Association ( www.amga.org ).

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