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J A Rodeghero

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Benchmarking physicians' practices: trends toward the millennium.

The health care industry has enjoyed--and suffered--no shortage of changes in the last year. Many are the effects of the ongoing trends internal and external to the industry and others are the seemingly spontaneous events the industry is beginning to take as "business as usual." The challenges facing health care come as much from the internal dynamics of an industry in rapid consolidation and transition as from the societal, economic, cultural, and political contexts in which it operates.

Benchmarking↗

Tying physician incentive pay to performance.

Physician compensation costs in healthcare organizations continue to increase as organizations hire physician employees or acquire them through mergers with group practices and pay them salaries plus substantial benefits. In an effort to obtain the greatest possible return on their investments in physician employees, many healthcare organizations are linking physician pay and benefits to improved performance, according to two recent benefit and compensation surveys.

Contract Services↗

Who, me? An employee? The changing schemes of physician compensation.

Politicians may have written a temporary obituary for healthcare reform, but as anyone in medicine knows, reform is alive and (debatably) well. Mergers, acquisitions, and practice changes are happening all across the land, and many a physician is going from being a small-business owner to being an employee. Difficult choices lie ahead that could affect the setting in which you practice, the way you practice, and the amount and way you are paid. Dr Rodeghero, a health compensation analyst and consultant, examines reform from the viewpoint of physician compensation.

Employee Incentive Plans↗