The primary care physician shortage is particularly bad in Wyoming, translating into a 41 percent increase in compensation over the past 5 years. (Photo: Shutterstock)
There is such a shortage of primary care physicians that their pay has risen by more than 10 percent over the past five years—and without a corresponding increase in productivity.
That's according to the 2018 MGMA DataDive Provider Compensation data from Medical Group Management Association, which also found that that increase is close to double the increase for specialty physicians' compensation over the same time frame, highlighting how severe the primary care physician shortage has become.
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
