Physician Compensation

Abstract

Physician motivation and related incentive compensations plans are central to the design and delivery of safe, high-quality, satisfying medical care as well as advancing physician satisfaction and engagement. The underlying premise of this article is that the interests of physicians and patients as well as the community ought to be better aligned to improve clinical and population health outcomes. The Triangle of Patient Centered Compensation is presented as a model to design or redesign compensation programs that seek to achieve better alignment between physicians, patients and the community. After reading this article, practitioners will be able to adopt and adapt the model to fit with the vision, mission and strategies of their organization and academics will be able to empirically test this model and revise this model.