Radiology compensation is more than just radiologist salaries. It also includes radiologic technologist and interventional radiology compensation, along with other subspecialties. Radiology pay incorporates bonuses, incentives, benefits and vacation time.
“Rapidly rising healthcare costs continue to be a top concern for members and their employers," the nation's largest commercial insurer wrote in a recent letter to an unidentified imaging group.
This enables separate reimbursement for the radionuclide diagnostic agent under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System, manufacturer Telix says.
Members of the specialty collect an average of about $1,845 in per-day call pay, behind only neurosurgeons ($2,045) and ahead of pathologists ($1,700).
Even before the onset of COVID-19, data suggested that rads’ after-hours workloads had doubled in proportion to the increase in emergency department visits in the years leading up to 2020.
Members of the specialty should begin their next job with an exit strategy in mind or risk losing a hefty sum in the process, according to a new opinion piece.
"When the focus is on volume and billable procedures and not on the quality of patient visits, you quickly realize RVU models benefit the employer," one MD said.
For the fourth year in a row, nurse practitioners are the most in-demand provider position, according to new research from AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins).
Bharath Krishnamurthy, a director of health policy and analytics at the American Hospital Association, explains the financial impact of current healthcare staffing shortages.