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Physician Side Gigs, an online community of more than 195,000 physicians, laid out physician on-call compensation statistics in a recent report using data from the group's salary and compensation negotiation databases.

A jump in physician productivity is primarily driving compensation increases this year, according to SullivanCotter's 2023-24 Physician Compensation and Productivity Report.

The continued consolidation of physician groups and health systems is pushing procedures to hospital outpatient departments over ASCs, driving Medicare costs up, according to a study published July 25 in Science Direct. 

Eleven specialties saw year-over-year starting salary growth in 2024, according to an Aug. 1 analysis published by healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare.

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While Medicare’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System "is well-intentioned", the program has started to undercut small and rural practices,  a blog post from the American Medical Association said. 

In the last year, 18% of physicians have made a bad investment, according to Medscapre's "Physician Wealth and Debt Report" published June 12. 

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