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
January, 2022 sample size update:
| Last Day of Period | Total Admin Compensation vs. Department Size (n) | Hourly Rates (n) |
| 2020 | 8,099 | 7,406 |
| 2019 | 17,493 | 15,826 |
| 2018 | 18,289 | 16,578 |
| 2017 | 9,324 | 8,333 |
| 2016 | 14 | 13 |
| Total | 53,219 | 48,156 |
Specialty sample sizes (n) from 2017-present
| Hospital Department / Specialty | Total Admin Compensation vs. Department Size (n) | 2017-2020 Hourly Rates (n) |
| Clinic Short Term Hospital | 4,085 | 4,085 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Short Term Hospital | 4,082 | 4,082 |
| Laboratory | 5,425 | 3,912 |
| Operating Room | 3,599 | 3,295 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Long Term Hospital | 2,803 | 2,803 |
| Radiology | 2,884 | 2,562 |
| Respiratory Therapy | 2,074 | 1,864 |
| Intensive Care Unit | 1,791 | 1,767 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Psychiatric Hospital | 1,473 | 1,473 |
| Electrocardiology | 1,456 | 1,362 |
| Cardiac Catheterization | 1,338 | 1,333 |
| Anesthesiology | 1,445 | 1,288 |
| Inpatient Psychiatric Facility | 1,156 | 1,115 |
| Wound / Hyperbarics | 929 | 863 |
| Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility | 879 | 862 |
| Electroencephalography | 833 | 819 |
| Neonatal Intensive Care Unit | 803 | 803 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Rehabilitation Hospital | 800 | 800 |
| Radiology-Therapeutic | 772 | 769 |
| (blank) | 754 | 719 |
| Physical Therapy | 741 | 704 |
| Renal Dialysis | 693 | 668 |
| Psychiatry | 742 | 652 |
| Labor & Delivery Room | 656 | 644 |
| Cardiac Rehabilitation | 609 | 548 |
| Sleep Medicine | 549 | 499 |
| Kidney Acquisition | 463 | 463 |
| Oncology | 377 | 347 |
| Gastroenterology | 346 | 344 |
| Cardiology | 350 | 328 |
| Nursery | 330 | 328 |
| Clinic Pediatrics | 324 | 301 |
| Cancer / Chemo / Infusion | 291 | 285 |
| Liver Acquisition | 277 | 277 |
| Skilled Nursing Facility | 370 | 258 |
| PHP/IOP | 287 | 249 |
| Heart Acquisition | 223 | 223 |
| Radioisotope | 209 | 208 |
| Pediatric Intensive Care Unit | 200 | 200 |
| Coronary Care Unit | 174 | 174 |
| Family | 216 | 170 |
| Pulmonary | 172 | 169 |
| Pancreas Acquisition | 165 | 165 |
| Ambulatory Surgery | 165 | 157 |
| Intravenous Therapy | 159 | 152 |
| Adults & Pediatrics Children’s Hospital | 146 | 146 |
| Blood Storage | 151 | 145 |
| Lung Acquisition | 141 | 141 |
| Diabetes / Endocrine | 142 | 137 |
| Pain | 152 | 136 |
| Clinic Psychiatric Hospital | 132 | 132 |
| Ambulance | 165 | 114 |
| Neurology | 126 | 109 |
| Orthopedics | 170 | 108 |
| Addiction Treatment | 98 | 98 |
| Vascular | 98 | 98 |
| Occupational Medicine & Therapy | 107 | 95 |
| Internal Med / Primary Care | 117 | 92 |
| Hematology / Oncology | 85 | 85 |
| Burn | 83 | 83 |
| Surgical Intensive Care Unit | 79 | 79 |
| OB/GYN | 88 | 76 |
| Bariatrics | 75 | 75 |
| Nursing Facility / LTC | 79 | 73 |
| Urology | 79 | 63 |
| Ophthalmology | 65 | 58 |
| Cardiac Diagnostics | 59 | 57 |
| Dental | 52 | 51 |
| ENT | 63 | 49 |
| Radiation Oncology | 45 | 40 |
| Transplant | 39 | 39 |
| Observation | 39 | 39 |
| Urgent Care | 48 | 37 |
| Breast Health | 36 | 36 |
| Dermatology | 37 | 35 |
| FQHC | 34 | 34 |
| Rehabilitation | 34 | 34 |
| Rheumatology | 44 | 30 |
| Speech Pathology | 32 | 28 |
| Physiatry | 31 | 27 |
| General Surgery | 58 | 26 |
| Stem Cell | 25 | 25 |
| Infectious Disease | 24 | 24 |
| Palliative | 24 | 24 |
| Cardiac Surgery | 23 | 23 |
| Geriatrics | 48 | 22 |
| ICU Trauma | 22 | 22 |
| Rural Health Clinic | 180 | 20 |
| Hospice | 20 | 18 |
| Neurosurgery | 20 | 18 |
| Nephrology | 19 | 17 |
| Spine | 16 | 16 |
| 15 Other Small Sample Specialties | 1,300 | 133 |
| Grand Total | 53,219 | 48,156 |