MGMA 2023 Data Part 2: Where Do Physicians Have the Most Leverage?

Simply Worth It: Physician Negotiations with Dr. Linda Street

The MGMA pay data is valuable information we can leverage to not just get paid better. It can also allow us to advocate changes that keep us in medicine as a whole. This is especially critical now as we deal with a physician shortage, doubled with the retirement of many doctors.

With these pressures, paying you what you’re worth is a top priority for our employers and we can use this to our advantage. Ultimately: we’ve made a lot of progress, but there’s still a lot of work to do.

In this episode, we pick up from where we left off last week - going through the 2023 physician pay data.

Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode

- The flexibility factor

Are more organizations and hospital systems open to giving us flexibility in our schedules?

- Where we have the most leverage

With shortages and pending retirements, how do we get employers to buy into keeping us happy?

- Production-based compensation vs. guaranteed salaries

How can the way we’re paid impact how we feel about our jobs?