Editor’s note

Dear readers,

Medscape recently released its 2016 Physician Compensation Report. For the second year in a row, orthopedics came in as the specialty with the highest average salary at $443,000 and cardiology came in at No. 2, with a salary of $410,000. The top earners across all specialties in the country came from the North Central region (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, and Missouri), with an average salary of $296,000. Do these statistics line up with what you are seeing in your region/specialty? Email me with your feedback.

I also want to remind our readers from the medical staff services department to participate in the HCPro 2016 MSP Salary Survey. When the survey closes in a few weeks, we will share the results here and in our other credentialing/medical staff publications. To take the survey, see the brief below.

Thanks for reading!

Son Hoang, editor, Medical Staff Leader Insider