Attracting Top Talent: 20 Statistics on Income Guarantee and Other Incentives Offered to Recruited Physicians

Here are 20 statistics on various incentives, income guarantees and recruiting bonuses offered to recruited physicians, according to Merritt Hawkins' 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives. The 2010 Review is based on the 2,813 permanent physician search and advance allied professional search assignments that Merritt Hawkins/AMN Healthcare's physician staffing companies were engaged to conduct between April 1, 2009 and March 31, 2010.

Type of incentive offered


Salary: 12 percent
Salary with bonus: 74 percent
Income guarantee: 13 percent

Type of income guarantee offered

Net collections guarantee: 88 percent
Gross collections guarantee: 12 percent

Term of income guarantee offered

One year: 55 percent
Two years: 36 percent
Three years: 9 percent

Relocation allowance: popularity and amount


Relocation allowance offered: 95 percent
Relocation allowance not offered: 5 percent
Average amount of allowance: $10,035

Signing bonus: popularity and amount


Signing bonus offered: 76 percent
Signing bonus not offered: 24 percent
Average amount of signing bonus: $22,915

Continuing medical education: popularity and amount

CME offered: 93 percent
CME not offered: 7 percent
Average amount of CME pay: $3,335

Other benefits offered

Health insurance: 98 percent
Malpractice: 99 percent
Retirement: 90 percent

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-Community Health Systems' CEO Compensation Nearly Doubled in 2 Years

-Specialists Losing to Generalists on Relative Value Pay Panel

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