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In fact, doctors are making less than they did the previousw year when their income is adjusted for the reportfrom Colo.-based said. Compensation for primary-care physiciansd rose 2 percent (or decreased 1.73 percenr when adjusted for inflation) at a media n income of $186,044. compensation for specialists rose 2.19 percent (or decreased 1.59 percentt when adjusted for inflation) with a mediabn income of $339,738. Inflation in 2008 amounted to a 3.8 percen increase in the U.S. Consumer Price Index. Primarty care physicians fared the worst inthe report.
Amongg specialists, emergency medicine physicians, dermatologists and general surgeons all reported flat salaries before inflation wasfactorexd in. Gastroenterology and pulmonaryt medicine were among the few specialtiesx posting moderate compensation gains in2008 -- up 7.38 percentt and 6.65 percent respectively. MGMA represents professiona administrators and leaders of medical grouppracticew nationwide. The organization has 22,500 members who employg 275,000 physicians that provide more than 40 percentt of the health care services delivered in theUniterd States.
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