Specialist Pay Scale

Survey: Some specialists earn 52% more than primary-care physicians.
The Hill (10/26, Lillis) reports in its Healthwatch blog, "By a wide margin, specialists are paid more than doctors in general practice, according to an independent report released Monday. In a nationwide survey, researchers at the University of California, Davis, found medical specialists are paid as much as 52 percent more than primary-care physicians." This "trend -- while hardly news within the medical community -- nonetheless quantifies some of the gaps in physician compensation that are encouraging more physicians to enter lucrative specialties and avoid general practice."