Half of Primary Care Physicians Receive No Additional Compensation for On-Call Care

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News About half, 49.4%, of primary care physicians received no additional compensation for on-call coverage. In comparison, 72.5% of nonsurgical specialists received some form of additional compensation for providing on-call services. Most received the additional compensation as a daily or annual stipend. These are findings of a report titled “Medical Directorship and On-Call Compensation Survey: 2010 Report Based on 2009 Data” by the Medical Group Management Association. Additional findings included: Family practitioners with OB/GYN earned $110 per day. Family practitioners without OB/GYN earned $100 per . . .