Publications
Publications
- April 2021
- Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons
Today's Surgeon Compensation Models Fall Short: Aligning Incentives to Create More Equitable and Value-based Compensation Models
By: Susanna Gallani, Mary Witkowski, Lauren Haskins, Haley Jeffcoat, Vinita Mujumdar and Frank Opelka
Abstract
Modern medicine is undergoing a transformation that involves innovative surgical approaches, increased medical treatment options, clinical care pathways that require collaboration beyond hospital walls, and health data captured by electronic health records and other digital sources. This transformation challenges the healthcare business model, including the physician compensation model, to evolve. Physician compensation has historically been directly linked to the revenue generated from services rendered to patients and is expressed in the volume of relative value units (RVUs). However, much of the work that surgeons perform is not captured by RVUs. This article examines the current state of surgeon compensation and explores concepts that would reform compensation for modern surgical practice.
Keywords
Physician Compensation; Surgeons; Health Care and Treatment; Business Model; Compensation and Benefits
Citation
Gallani, Susanna, Mary Witkowski, Lauren Haskins, Haley Jeffcoat, Vinita Mujumdar, and Frank Opelka. "Today's Surgeon Compensation Models Fall Short: Aligning Incentives to Create More Equitable and Value-based Compensation Models." Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons 106, no. 4 (April 2021): 33–39.
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