Achieving Gender Equity in Physician Compensation and Career Advancement
Authors: Alan R. Ertle
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2018)

Letters16 October 2018Achieving Gender Equity in Physician Compensation and Career AdvancementAlan R. Ertle, MD, MPH, MBAAlan R. Ertle, MD, MPH, MBAMercy Medical Group, Sacramento, California (A.R.E.)Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/L18-0389 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:I read the American College of Physicians (1) position paper on gender equity with interest. As a medical group administrator (medical director, chief executive officer, and chief medical officer) for more than 20 years, the generic statement that male providers make more than their female counterparts seems to be uninformed hyperbole. In my past 4 positions, physician compensation has been largely (approximately 90%) based on productivity, with a consistent dollar value for each work relative value unit (RVU) for every specialty. These values have been based on large annual surveys from such organizations as the Medical Group ...References1. Butkus R, Serchen J, Moyer DV, Bornstein SS, Hingle ST; Health and Public Policy Committee of the American College of Physicians. Achieving gender equity in physician compensation and career advancement: a position paper of the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:721-3. [PMID: 29710100]. doi:10.7326/M17-3438 LinkGoogle Scholar2. Grisham S. Physician compensation report 2017. Medscape. 5 April 2017. Accessed at www.medscape.com/slideshow/compensation-2017-overview-6008547 on 22 May 2018. Google Scholar3. Jena AB, Olenski AR, Blumenthal DM. Sex differences in physician salary in US public medical schools. JAMA Intern Med. 2016;176:1294-304. [PMID: 27400435] doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.3284 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Freund KM, Raj A, Kaplan SE, Terrin N, Breeze JL, Urech TH, et al. Inequities in academic compensation by gender: a follow-up to the National Faculty Survey Cohort Study. Acad Med. 2016;91:1068-73. [PMID: 27276007] doi:10.1097/ACM.0000000000001250 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Mercy Medical Group, Sacramento, California (A.R.E.)Disclosures: The author has disclosed no conflicts of interest. The form can be viewed at www.acponline.org/authors/icmje/ConflictOfInterestForms.do?msNum=L18-0389. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoAchieving Gender Equity in Physician Compensation and Career Advancement: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians Renee Butkus , Joshua Serchen , Darilyn V. Moyer , Sue S. Bornstein , Susan Thompson Hingle , and Achieving Gender Equity in Physician Compensation and Career Advancement Susan Thompson Hingle , Gregory C. Kane , Renee Butkus , Joshua Serchen , and Sue S. Bornstein Metrics 16 October 2018Volume 169, Issue 8Page: 590-591KeywordsCareer advancementConflicts of interestDisclosureInformation storage and retrievalPrimary care physiciansSexual identity ePublished: 16 October 2018 Issue Published: 16 October 2018 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2018 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...