Nonphysician providers are reporting healthier pay increases:
Doctors are increasingly squeezed by soaring costs and declining payments from insurers and Medicare. The slipping salaries came as primary-care physicians reported a 3.7 percent increase in gross charges, while specialists charged 2.3 percent more.“Patients can expect to feel the pinch right along with practices as physicians in some specialties see more patients each day for incongruous pay,” said William Jessee, president and CEO of Arapahoe County-based MGMA.
