Becker's Healthcare June 18, 2024
Orthopedics was named the top earner in Medscape’s 2024 “Physician Compensation Report,” with an average annual salary of $558,000.
Orthopedics has been Medscape’s second-highest-paid ASC specialty since 2020, when it last topped the list. Plastic surgery held the spot as the top-earning specialty from 2021 to 2023.
With higher-acuity cases shifting to the outpatient setting, more orthopedic procedures are becoming commonplace at ASCs. In 2022, orthopedics was the most common specialty for Medicare-certified ASCs, according to data from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.
In 2023, the number of orthopedic procedures in outpatient settings was 33 times higher than the volume of inpatient procedures, according to the American Joint Replacement Registry’s annual report. From 2019 to 2023, the...
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