Are you part of the 7%?

Physician payment transparency was a hot topic this week, with the release of a year’s worth of Medicare payment data. With that in mind, I ran some more early numbers from the MSP Salary Survey. This survey is still open, so these results may shift somewhat, but a clearer picture is emerging as MSPs weigh in.

Early unofficial tabulation shows California has the most MSPs making more than $100,000, by a margin of more than 2 to 1 compared to other states. So far, 29% of California respondents say their salaries are above $100K. Texas put 10% of respondents in that bracket, and New Jersey respondents round out the top of the top, at 8%.

However, if you don’t fall into the top compensation category (yet), you’re not alone. The top earners comprise only 7% of survey participants. Also, in Wisconsin, which boasts one of the top participation rates, no MSP among the 44 survey respondents reports making that much.

(So far, by the way, we’ve heard from MSPs in five countries and in every U.S. state except Alaska.)

There’s still time to take the MSP Salary Survey. You can click here to access it, or connect by putting this URL into your browser: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014mspsurvey. Check back for more details, and as always, thanks for reading!

Mary Stevens, managing editor, Credentialing Resource Center