Increases in Physician Compensation Fail to Keep Pace With Inflation

Imaging Economics
The physician compensation of 60% of polled specialties failed to keep up with inflation in 2006, according to the Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2007 Report Based on 2006 Data recently released by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Englewood, Colo. Among specialists, cardiologists experienced flat or declining compensation in 2006. Invasive cardiologists reported a 1.3% decrease in compensation; noninvasive cardiologists reported a decrease of slightly less than 1%. Diagnostic radiologists saw an increase of only 4%. Among specialists who fared better were pulmonary physicians, with an almost 9.2% increase in compensation