Compensation

Radiology compensation is more than just radiologist salaries. It also includes radiologic technologist and interventional radiology compensation, along with other subspecialties. Radiology pay incorporates bonuses, incentives, benefits and vacation time.

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Academic radiology faculty face salary gaps across nearly all ranks

The salary gap remains at about 6%, with male academic radiologists earning about $483,000 versus $455,000 for women, experts wrote in Radiology

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90% of residents in radiology and other specialties say they’re underpaid: ‘I am barely surviving’

The finding comes despite a 27% increase in average resident pay over the last nine years and 4% year-over-year growth, up to $70,000. 

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60% of radiologists and other docs surveyed are unhappy with RVU-based compensation

"When the focus is on volume and billable procedures and not on the quality of patient visits, you quickly realize RVU models benefit the employer," one MD said. 

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Radiology among the 6 most-requested talent searches by specialty, staffing firm says

For the fourth year in a row, nurse practitioners are the most in-demand provider position, according to new research from AMN Healthcare (formerly Merritt Hawkins). 

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Certain radiologists earn $75,000 (or 15%) less than peers in same role: Why the difference?

In a new Academic Radiology study, researchers explore how "intersectionality" impacts compensation among imaging staffers. 

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Net collections failing to keep pace with rising wages, posing ‘significant challenges’ for radiology groups

Radiology wasn’t alone, as overall median compensation across all specialties increased 5.3% while median net collections climbed 4.3%, AMGA reports. 

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Analysis: Allied radiology professionals generate millions of dollars per year in indirect revenues alone

General radiology technologists taking humble X-rays and working under contract directly boost their organizations’ bottom lines by $626,825 per year.

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Radiologists among top specialists with wealth over $5M. How are they spending it?

About 31% of radiologists surveyed said they have attained this level of income, placing the specialty in a tie for No. 2 with gastroenterology. 

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The ACR hopes these changes, including the addition of diagnostic performance feedback, will help reduce the number of patients with incidental nodules lost to follow-up each year.

And it can do so with almost 100% accuracy as a first reader, according to a new large-scale analysis.

The patient, who was being cared for in the ICU, was not accompanied or monitored by nursing staff during his exam, despite being sedated.