Recruiting Incentives for 5 Popular ASC Physician Specialties

Surgery centers consistently compete with local hospitals to recruit physicians, a challenge if physician reimbursements cannot match salaries offered by the hospital. Here are 25 statistics on recruiting incentives offered to five popular ASC physician specialties, based on data from Merritt Hawkins’ 2011 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives. The 2011 review is based on the 2,667 permanent physician and advanced allied professional search assignments that Merritt Hawkins/AMN Healthcare’s physician staffing companies were engaged to conduct between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011.

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Orthopedic surgery
2010/11: $521,000
2009/10: $519,000
2008/9: $481,000
2007/8: $439,000
2006/7: $413,000

General surgery
2010/11: $336,000
2009/10: $314,000
2008/9: $321,000
2007/8: $321,000
2006/7: $301,000

OB/GYN
2010/11: $282,000
2009/10: $272,000
2008/9: $266,000
2007/8: $255,000
2006/7: $247,000

Gastroenterology

2010/11: $424,000
2009/10: $411,000
2008/9: $393,000
2007/8: $379,000
2006/7: $365,000

Otolaryngology

2010/11: $359,000
2009/10: $349,000
2008/9: $377,000
2007/8: $362,000
2006/7: $312,000

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