Promoting physician productivity through a variable compensation system.

M Hickey; J T Ichter

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Promoting physician productivity through a variable compensation system.

M Hickey·J T Ichter

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Integrated delivery systems must find ways to achieve optimal physician productivity and accountability, while fostering an entrepreneurial attitude among physicians. Lovelace Health Systems, Albuquerque, New Mexico, has implemented a variable compensation system designed for this purpose. An assessment of Lovelace's physician productivity had indicated performance well below national medians. To offer physicians a strong incentive to increase productivity, Lovelace developed a variable compensation system based on the resource-based relative value scale and relative value units. Lovelace also developed benchmark productivity targets.

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M Hickey, J T Ichter. 1997. Promoting physician productivity through a variable compensation system.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10168703/

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