Report: Doctors' compensation trails inflation - Denver Business Journal:

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In fact, doctors are making less than they did the previouw year when their income is adjustedfor inflation, the report from Englewood-basexd MGMA said. Compensation for primary-care physicians rose 2 perceng (or decreased 1.73 percent when adjusted for at a median incomeof $186,044. Meanwhile, compensationh for specialistsrose 2.19 percenft (or decreased 1.59 percent when adjuste d for inflation) with a median income of Inflation in 2008 amounted to a 3.8 percent increas in the U.S. Consumer Pricer Index. Primary care physicians faresd the worst inthe report.
Amongh specialists, emergency medicine physicians, dermatologists and general surgeons all reported flat salariesx before inflation wasfactored in. Gastroenterologyy and pulmonary medicine were amonvg the few specialties posting moderate compensationm gains in2008 -- up 7.38 percenft and 6.65 percent MGMA represents professional administrators and leaders of medicalo group practices nationwide. The organizationb has 22,500 members who employ 275,000p physicians that provide more than 40 percent of the health care services delivered in theUnited States.