on June 18, 2012 |
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Topics: Compensation, Labor Expense, Finance, Call Coverage, Physician Issues, Hospital-Physician Alignment, Cardiovascular, Service Lines, Labor Expense, Workforce
Eric Bushlow, Cardiovascular Roundtable
A recent report published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) finds interventional cardiologists receive on average $450 more per day for on-call services than their invasive-cardiologist counterparts, a cohort which includes electrophysiologists.
Comparing invasive cardiologists to noninvasive cardiologists, compensation was largely equivalent, with a median compensation of $650 for on-call services. However, within the invasive cardiologist cohort, there was significant variability in compensation favoring interventional specialists.
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On-call compensation better for interventional cardiologists
