Surgeon compensation

“Pay for performance,” the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program, the Surgical Care Improvement Program, and other considerations

Jones, R. Scott MD, FACS
Brown, Cynthia
Opelka, Frank MD, FACS

^aDepartment of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va
^bDivision of Research and Optimal Patient Care, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, Ill
^cDivision of Advocacy and Health Policy, American College of Surgeons, Washington, DC
^dDepartment of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, La

Reprint requests: R. Scott Jones, MD, FACS, Department of Surgery, University of Virginia Health System, P.O. Box 800709, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0709. E-mail: [email protected].

Accepted for publication August 30, 2005.

Surgery 138(5):p 829-836, November 2005.