Physician Compensation Plans: State-of-the-Art Strategies
Bruce Johnson, JD, MPA

Deborah Walker Keegan, PhD, FACMPE

Find innovative approaches, plans, and a step-by-step guide to assess or modify an existing physician compensation plan or develop a new state-of-the-art plan for your practice. This comprehensive resource covers all the bases - presenting a guide to plan analysis, development, and implementation.  Learn industry trends and methods to determine physician income in a wide variety of health care organizations, including group practices, academic medical centers, hospitals, and integrated delivery systems.

This book covers:

• How to diagnose your current compensation plan
• How to align compensation with reimbursement (including pay-for-performance)
• Plan architectures and technical dimensions -  with more than 85 case examples
• Legal and regulatory compliance issues
• Methods to achieve physician buy-in
• How to compensate physicians in transition (e.g. work slowdown, retirement)

What they're saying about this book:
"This book is absolutely outstanding. It not only captures the dynamics of the formation and mechanics of a compensation plan, but more importantly, the development of the philosophical aspects that form the foundation of a plan...and that are so important to the longevity of the program. The authors give you an accurate sense of how practices work today, describing the compensation program as a “living organism” that creates a symbiotic relationship with the members of the organization, reflecting their goals, ideals and working relationships. This organizational approach is exactly what you need to understand when developing a successful compensation program."

Harry E. Rubash, MD, Chief of Orthopaedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Edith M. Ashley Professor, Harvard Medical School, Bostonè