79% of Physician Specialties Earned Raises in 2011

Roughly 79 percent of all physician specialties experienced raises in compensation in 2011, although most of the increases were nominal, according to the American Medical Group Association’s 2012 Medical Group Compensation and Financial Survey.

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Overall, AMGA’s survey found the average raise for physicians was 2.8 percent. Primary care specialties witnessed a 4 percent raise, surgical specialties saw an average 3.4 percent increase and medical specialties averaged 2.8 percent.

The specialties that had the largest spikes in compensation were hematology/medical oncology (7.13 percent), hypertension and nephrology (6.99 percent), urgent care (5.17 percent) and family medicine (5.13 percent).

AMGA’s survey compiled compensation data from 225 medical groups, which represent roughly 55,800 physicians.

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