The Hospitals: Medical Director & Administrative Physician Compensation Data Subscription provides raw compensation data for administrative physician compensation arrangements reported by thousands of U.S. hospitals participating in Medicare and Medicaid.
Hospitals are required to identify compensation paid to physicians for administrative services on Medicare cost report worksheet A-8-2. If time logs are not kept by the physicians, then reporting hospitals perform two-week time studies twice each year to identify the amount of time physicians spend on administrative duties, which are signed by the physician and a hospital official. Under federal law, hospitals are required to retain their time record documentation for four years (§415.60(g)).
HCTadvisor is licensing 12-month data subscriptions for hospital cost report worksheet A-8-2 data with quarterly updates.
Download Documents Includes:
- Excel data file(s)
- Read Me instructions
- Form A-8-2 copy & instructions
- Excerpt from Provider Reimbursement Manual Chapter 21
- Federal Register 415.60
- Worksheet A
April 15, 2019 sample size update:
| Last Day of Period | Total Admin Compensation vs. Department Size (n) | Hourly Rates (n) |
| 2018 | 11,439 | 10,483 |
| 2017 | 17,973 | 16,349 |
| 2016 | 18,329 | 16,723 |
| 2015 | 9,892 | 8,867 |
| 2014 | 24 | 23 |
| Total | 57,657 | 52,445 |
Specialty sample sizes (n) from 2015-present
| Hospital Department / Specialty | Total Admin Compensation vs. Department Size (n) | 2015-2018 Hourly Rates (n) |
| Adults & Pediatrics Short Term Hospital | 4,444 | 4,444 |
| Clinic Short Term Hospital | 4,342 | 4,342 |
| Laboratory | 5,919 | 4,297 |
| Operating Room | 3,752 | 3,474 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Long Term Hospital | 3,356 | 3,356 |
| Radiology | 3,106 | 2,782 |
| Respiratory Therapy | 2,381 | 2,159 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 1,943 | 1,915 |
| Electrocardiology | 1,625 | 1,514 |
| Cardiac Catheterization | 1,489 | 1,486 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Psychiatric Hospital | 1,468 | 1,468 |
| Anesthesiology | 1,602 | 1,436 |
| Inpatient Psychiatric Facility | 1,321 | 1,284 |
| Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility | 975 | 955 |
| Electroencephalography | 948 | 936 |
| Wound / Hyperbarics | 995 | 934 |
| Physical Therapy | 897 | 857 |
| Radiology-Therapeutic | 852 | 848 |
| Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | 844 | 844 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Rehabilitation Hospital | 775 | 775 |
| Renal Dialysis | 749 | 723 |
| Labor & Delivery Room | 683 | 666 |
| Psychiatry | 760 | 656 |
| Cardiac Rehabilitation | 663 | 599 |
| Sleep Medicine | 566 | 513 |
| Kidney Acquisition | 420 | 420 |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 547 | 403 |
| Cardiology | 384 | 363 |
| Nursery | 364 | 362 |
| Gastroenterology | 358 | 353 |
| Oncology | 365 | 343 |
| Clinic Pediatrics | 320 | 297 |
| Cancer / Chemo / Infusion | 299 | 291 |
| Radioisotope | 241 | 241 |
| Clinic Psychiatric Hospital | 235 | 235 |
| Liver Acquisition | 229 | 229 |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | 211 | 211 |
| Family | 262 | 206 |
| Coronary Care Unit | 194 | 194 |
| Pulmonary | 200 | 192 |
| Ambulatory Surgery | 192 | 184 |
| Heart Acquisition | 172 | 172 |
| Intravenous Therapy | 169 | 158 |
| Blood Storage | 162 | 158 |
| Diabetes / Endocrine | 155 | 149 |
| Orthopedics | 207 | 144 |
| Pain | 147 | 135 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Children’s Hospital | 134 | 134 |
| Ambulance | 175 | 129 |
| Pancreas Acquisition | 122 | 122 |
| Neurology | 135 | 115 |
| Vascular | 112 | 112 |
| Addiction Treatment | 107 | 107 |
| Internal Med / Primary Care | 130 | 106 |
| OB/GYN | 108 | 98 |
| Lung Acquisition | 94 | 94 |
| Occupational Medicine & Therapy | 99 | 91 |
| Burn | 88 | 88 |
| Bariatrics | 83 | 83 |
| Nursing Facility / LTC | 94 | 83 |
| Hematology / Oncology | 83 | 83 |
| Surgical Intensive Care Unit | 79 | 79 |
| Cardiac Diagnostics | 79 | 78 |
| Urology | 86 | 69 |
| Dental | 74 | 69 |
| Ophthalmology | 65 | 61 |
| Breast Health | 56 | 56 |
| ENT | 74 | 56 |
| Transplant | 48 | 48 |
| Rehabilitation | 47 | 47 |
| Radiation Oncology | 54 | 47 |
| Dermatology | 39 | 38 |
| Geriatrics | 59 | 37 |
| Urgent Care | 41 | 37 |
| Rheumatology | 50 | 35 |
| FQHC | 32 | 32 |
| General Surgery | 60 | 31 |
| Rural Health Clinic | 227 | 30 |
| Physiatry | 32 | 28 |
| (blank) | 1,174 | 1,095 |
| 24 Other Small Specialties | 1,429 | 324 |
| Grand Total | 57,657 | 52,445 |