Compensation & Employment Report
General Surgery 2013
Compensation & Employment Report
conducted its Annual Compensation and Employment Survey in the summer of 2013. Survey respondents represent physicians who practice on a locum tenens basis as well as those with permanent salaries.
In this year's Your Voice Matters section, we asked physicians to weigh in on expected changes from Healthcare Reform.
This report includes compensation and employment statistics for the field of general surgery.
At a glance
85% board certified; 11% board eligible 89% male; 11% female 39% hospital employed; 33% group practice 32% have worked on a locum tenens basis 62% have not but may consider locum tenens
in the future
2013 average annual general surgeon salary: $301,264
Respondent Demographics:
by region
16% 23%
16% 14%
Northeast Southwest
31%
Southeast West
Midwest
career choices
We asked general surgeons, "considering your career, if you had to do it over again, what would you do differently?"
4% 17% 4%
17% 58%
different career (non-healthcare) different career in healthcare different specialty change nothing/the same career path Other
next job change
employment status
years in practice
15% 20% 20% 21% 24%
5 or less years 6?12 years 13?20 years 21?30 years more than 30 years
16% 8% 1% 2%
43%
30%
salaried owner or partner of practice/group locum tenens or independent contractor exclusively resident/fellow retired unemployed
18% 16% 11% 16%
in the next 6 months 6 months?1 year 1?2 years 2?3 years no plans at this time
39%
2013 Compensation and Employment Survey -- General Surgery
800.562.8663
Compensation & Employment Report
2013
Your voice matters -- Expected changes from Healthcare Reform
We asked general surgeons to weigh in on the changes they anticipate happening as a result of the enrollment of millions of previously uninsured patients starting January 1, 2014.
Top 3 changes that general surgeons anticipate: #1 Refer/see more patients with neglected
conditions
#2 Receive more referrals
#3 Refer/see more acute cases
Expected changes in comparison to other specialties:
60%
50%
40% 30%
20%
Psychiatry Anesthesia Radiology Primary Care General Surgery
10%
More wellness/preventive care
Refer/see more patients with neglected conditions
Refer/see more behavioral health patients Receive more referrals
80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
0%
Bad Debt
Charity Care
Self-Pay
General surgeons rated the level of impact they believe the 2014 healthcare coverage expansion will have on bad debt, charity care and self-pay.
Decrease Increase No Change
Methodology:
Invitations for the survey were emailed to a database totaling 97,743, which included physicians and CRNAs who have been placed by and those who have not. Respondents to all surveys were self-selected and spanned all 50 states and medical/surgical specialties. The survey yielded 3,848 respondents. The error range for this survey was +/- 2.4 percent at a 95 percent confidence level.
About :
is a full-service staffing firm serving physicians, CRNAs, NPs and PAs searching for locum tenens and permanent job opportunities, as well as healthcare facilities looking to solve employment shortages. Experienced recruiters focus on the following high-demand specialty areas: anesthesia, emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, neurology, psychiatry, primary care (internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics and hospitalist), radiology, medical oncology, radiation oncology, urology, surgery and most surgical sub-specialties. The operator of the largest internet job board for the locum tenens industry, provides job-seeking providers direct access to thousands of jobs, in all specialties, posted directly by facilities and agencies nationwide. Whether you want to work with an agency recruiter, or conduct your own online search, is obsessively dedicated to assisting with your search.
2013 Compensation and Employment Survey -- General Surgery
800.562.8663
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related searches
- ny workers compensation law
- new york life compensation plan
- workers compensation new york website
- new u life compensation plan
- new york workers compensation board
- workers compensation ny rules
- nys workers compensation board
- new york life compensation structure
- workers compensation new york guidelines
- workers compensation by state compar
- workers compensation laws
- workers compensation state by state