Over half of respondents reported that their on-call pay expenditures increased over the last year, according to Sullivan, Cotter and Associates' 2010 Physician On-call Pay Survey Report.
The survey looked at data from 148 healthcare organizations nationwide. From 2007-2010, the median on-call expenditures reported by trauma centers more than doubled, from $1.2 million in 2007 to $2.4 million in 2010. For non-trauma centers, expenditures in 2007 was $433,849, compared to $798,000 in 2010.
The majority of survey participants reported providing on-call pay to at least some of their non-employed physicians with admitting privileges. Nearly 65 percent reported providing on-call pay to at least some of their employed physicians, and 27 percent indicated that on-call pay was factored into employed physicians' salaries (with no additional pay provided). Around half of participants reported that physicians provide concurrent call coverage for more than one hospital within their health system, and 79 percent provide additional compensation for this coverage.
Read the release on the Sullivan, Cotter and Associates on-call pay survey.
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