2010 Physician On-Call Pay Survey

SullivanCotter has launched its data collection efforts for the 2010 Physician On-Call Pay Survey. Last year's survey report contained data from more than 140 organizations representing over 1,900 on-call providers.

The 2010 survey collects data on current and emerging organizational on-call pay practices as well as the restricted and unrestricted on-call pay rates for over 40 physician specialties and physician extenders.

Partial list of physician specialties surveyed:

• Anesthesiology
• Cardiology-General and Interventional
• General Surgery
• Maternal Fetal Medicine
• Neurology and Stroke Neurology
• Neurosurgery (1st and 2nd Call)
• Ob/Gyn (1st and 2nd Call)
• Orthopedic Surgery-General and Hand
• Otolaryngology
• Plastic Surgery-General and Hand
• Pediatric Surgery
• Primary Care
• Trauma Surgery
• Urology
• And many more physician specialties

Also surveying MLPs, such as CRNAs and Physician Assistants

On-Call pay rates will be reported by:

• Specialty
• Type of call
  • Restricted (must remain on premises)
  • Unrestricted (must be available within a specified amount of time)
• Trauma versus non-trauma center
• Trauma versus general emergency department call
• Regional breakouts for combined specialties
  • Medical specialties
  • Surgical specialties
  • Pediatric medicine specialties
  • Pediatric surgical specialties
  • Primary care
  • Primary Care Remote Location/Critical Access

On-Call pay practices will be reported by:

• Employed physicians
• Non-employed physicians (i.e., those with admitting privileges)

2010 Survey Schedule

• Questionnaire distributed: July 2010
• Data effective date: July 1, 2010
• Data submission deadline: August 23, 2010
• Report publication: November 2010

2010 Survey Costs

• Participants: COMPLIMENTARY
• Healthcare Non-Participants: $450
• Non-Healthcare Organizations: $750

2010 Data Submission Tools

Two versions of the questionnaire are available: an Excel version and a PDF version (for those who prefer paper/pencil).

• Electronic Questionnaire (Excel Spreadsheet) - Click SAVE when the download dialog box appears to save the file on your computer
• Hardcopy Questionnaire (Adobe PDF) - PRINT once the file is open

When the questionnaire is completed:

• Email the completed submission to surveysubmission@sullivancotter.com or print the hardcopy survey and fax to Annette Bussineau at (313) 872-1764.

If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Annette Bussineau, Consultant, at (313) 285-1477 or email annettebussineau@sullivancotter.com.com.

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