ASC Coding, Billing & Collections

Chris Thomas, CEO of Colorado West Healthcare System in Grand Junction, joined Becker's to discuss how important it is to fight for reimbursements at ASCs and more.

Raghu Reddy, chief administrative officer of Cumberland-based SurgCenter of Western Maryland, joined Becker's to discuss the healthcare trends he's eyeing. 

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Here are more than 100 statistics on physician pay, pulled from Doximity's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report" and Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.

Nurse practitioners make an average of $124,680 annually in the U.S., according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

The average annual salary for physician assistants in the U.S. is $125,270, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

Twenty-eight percent of physicians' income is affected by nonphysician practitioners, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.

General surgeons earn an average of $5,834,508 in annual reimbursements from private insurers, the most of any specialty, according to a report from AMN Healthcare.

The average annual billing amount from all physicians to commercial payers is $3.8 million, according to a recent report from AMN Healthcare.

Physician pay has jumped 18 percent since 2018, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.