{"id":8055,"date":"2011-04-28T13:57:41","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T17:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?p=8055"},"modified":"2011-07-19T17:44:26","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:44:26","slug":"cardiologists-report-325000-median-compensation-in-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2011\/04\/28\/cardiologists-report-325000-median-compensation-in-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Cardiologists Report $325,000 Median Compensation in Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiologists were the third-highest-paid physician specialists in  2010, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medscape.com\/features\/slideshow\/compensation\/2011\">a  survey of more than 15,000 physicians conducted by Medscape<\/a>,  including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medscape.com\/features\/slideshow\/compensation\/2011\/cardiology\">a detailed report on the approximately 475 cardiologists<\/a> in the survey. The cardiologists reported a median compensation of  $325,000. Only orthopedic surgeons and radiologists, at a median of $350,000, topped  the cardiologists. One-fifth of cardiologists said they made more than  $500,000.<\/p>\n<p>Almost half of cardiologists reported making as much money in 2010 as in 2009, but about a third said that their income declined rather than increased in 2010. More interventional cardiologists than  preventive cardiologists reported a decline in earnings. The report  attributed this difference to cuts in Medicare reimbursement for  cardiology procedures and tests and increases for patient visits.<\/p>\n<p>Male  cardiologists earned significantly more than female cardiologists  ($340,000 vs. $249,000). The report provides many additional details  about variation in compensation according to geographical location and  practice setting.<\/p>\n<p>Forty-six percent of cardiologists surveyed said they were  fairly compensated, 66% said they would choose medicine again as a  career, and 75% said they would choose the same specialty.<\/p>\n<p>A<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiobrief.org\/2009\/06\/19\/no-recession-in-cardiology-starting-salaries-for-new-cardiologists-remain-strong\/\"> prior survey from the Medical Group Management Association<\/a> reported  very high starting salaries and recruiting bonuses for new  cardiologists, while a study in <em>Health Affairs<\/em> found <a href=\"http:\/\/cardiobrief.org\/2010\/05\/04\/the-wealth-gap-are-cardiologists-high-salaries-standing-in-the-way-of-primary-care\/\">an  overwhelming lifetime advantage in wealth accumulation<\/a> for  cardiologists and other highly paid specialists over other physicians.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiologists were the third-highest-paid physician specialists in 2010, according to a survey of more than 15,000 physicians conducted by Medscape, including a detailed report on the approximately 475 cardiologists in the survey. The cardiologists reported a median compensation of $325,000. Only orthopedic surgeons and radiologists, at a median of $350,000, topped the cardiologists. One-fifth of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[822,387],"class_list":["post-8055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-compensation","tag-income"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}