Clinic/Group Director Stipends

[StarTrekDoc]

Have been curious to see what practices pay/reimburse physician leaders out in the community.

At the institutions I've experienced personally and with family (Kaiser, VA, Henry Ford, UCalifornia), it's usually a little time 4-8 hours reduction from clinic obligations (same pay) and sometimes a small stipend 10-15k for 5-10 physician coverage.

The time certainly doesn't cover the number of hours spend at meetings, managing fellow physicians, and fielding all the complaints, reports, strategy plans out there --- just wondering how practices outside large institutions (or other institutions) do this.

[q-school]

We brought a consultant in who created levels of leadership. There are six tiers paid at different rates. I'm at $250/hour with a cap on hours. After figuring in lost clinical hours at my normal rvu production level, leadership may cost as much as 90k/ year for me, depending on variety of other factors. And that is with me actively managing my schedule as much as possible to minimize disruption.