RVU/productivity compensation & hourly rate

[JennB49]

I am looking to change from emergency med to family practice and had a few questions about pay.  I graduated a year ago and have worked one year in emergency med.  I interviewed with a 6 physician well-off practice 35 minutes from a large city last week & fully expect them to make an offer.  I am not familiar with pay based on a base salary + productivity.  What should I expect is fair if offered this set up?  Also, if offered an hourly rate, what would be the norm for family medicine?  Thank you for any input you may have!

[PA-Larb]

Depends on the region you work in.... Check out the AAPA salary report. Most FPs pay 35-50 dollar/hr range.

[EMEDPA]

expect to make less money in fp than em, potentially a lot less.

many em positions pay 45-65/hr and max out around 125-130k or so

many fp positions pay 35-45/hr and max out south of 100k.

 

I hate working on production. you have no idea what your bonuses will be and this is often influenced by factors beyond your control such as patient volume, triage criteria, etc. I much prefer flat rate/hr whether I see zero pts/hr or 6/hr.

I have had bonuses between 200 dollars/quarter and 19k/quarter without any perceived difference to me in effort. bonuses come out of group profit. if the group(read the docs) decide to buy a new 45k u/s machine that comes out of bonuses. if they decide to donate to a hospital building fund that comes out of bonuses, etc.

[ventana]

when I went from ER to FP

 

my pay went from $120+ to $80k

 

granted I got my life back, never again worked a 15 hour shift, slept better and lost weight... 

 

but hurts the wallett