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In fact, doctors are making less than they did the previouxs year when their income is adjustedfor inflation, the report from Colo.-based said. Compensation for primary-carw physicians rose 2 percent (or decreased 1.73 percent when adjusted for at a median incomeof $186,044. Meanwhile, compensation for specialistssrose 2.19 percent (or decreased 1.59 percent when adjustedx for inflation) with a median income of Inflation in 2008 amounted to a 3.8 perceny increase in the U.S. Consumer Pricr Index. Primary care physicians fared the worst in the Among specialists, emergency medicine physicians, dermatologistes and general surgeons all reporteed flat salaries before inflatio n was factored in.
Gastroenterologgy and pulmonary medicine were among the few specialtiex posting moderate compensation gains in2008 -- up 7.38 percenft and 6.65 percent respectively. MGMA represents professional administratorw and leaders of medical grouppractices nationwide. The organizatioj has 22,500 members who employ 275,00o physicians that provide more than 40 percengt of the health care services delivered in theUnitedc States.