Category Archives: Compensation

Provider Retention Best Practice

Posted on April 11, 2016 by Edmund B. Ura

Listen to them. I contemplated just “dropping the mic” and walking away after saying that, but felt compelled to explain. In the last few months we’ve had numerous calls and emails from both health centers and PCAs looking for help … Continue reading →

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FQHC Provider Productivity Lags Expectations

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Edmund B. Ura

The actual productivity of FQHC family practice physicians averages about 14% less than what is planned for on a daily basis, and about 11% below expectations on an annual basis. While productivity against expectations is somewhat higher in an incentive … Continue reading →

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Health Centers Need to Address Provider Gender Pay Inequities

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Edmund B. Ura

On International Women’s Day, we thought it appropriate to begin the release of information from Merces’ FQHC Provider Productivity and Compensation Survey, the only study of its kind, with data on how female providers’ pay stacks up with their male … Continue reading →

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Your FQHC’s Market-Based Pay Program Causes Gender Inequity

Posted on March 8, 2016 by Edmund B. Ura

Many health centers are only now developing the type of compensation programs they need to support their ever more complex organizations.  However, they are learning to do so at a particularly bad time.  Some years ago, the compensation profession turned … Continue reading →

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Compensation Surveys The Right Way — Don’t Make My Mistake

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Linda Budd

Before I returned to Merces Consulting, I spent many years working on my own and raising my family.  During that time I managed to keep busy doing independent consulting, the majority of which was spent conducting market surveys for local … Continue reading →

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