Pay and bonuses are similar to larger health networks in Pittsburgh at least. Very little room for bonus and base pay for a PCP is usually around 200,000.
That number is highly regional. You specified Pittsburgh, but other regions throughout the Midwest and nation vary widely. Other factors include +/- obstetrics, inpatient vs outpatient-only (ambulist), etc. One of the biggest physician gripes I hear about the VA is its antiquated EMR, which I last used twenty-some years ago. Nothing about it changed since then… just a huge time waster, notwithstanding the dissatisfaction my colleagues have with so-called “modern” EMRs.
You are looking at just the base pay, which is combined with a market adjusted pay to reach a total salary. No full time physician anywhere in the US makes 118k.
I agree that $118k is pretty low; I have not seen that with any clients. However, we have worked with plenty of PCPs and psychiatrists at the VA who came in at or below $200k. That is with market adjustments and bonuses. The $200k is right in the middle of the range we listed. Here is the data from the VA that we used: www.va.gov/OHRM/Pay/2023/PhysicianDentist/AnnualPayRanges_20230101.pdf
Videos are spot on. One point I'll make about the EDRP is it is something that can roll on and off an offered position daily. You actually should take a screen shot of the job posting. The bureaucracy that you mentioned is 100% accurate especially regarding EDRP. I am the one physician you have now heard of that did not get this benefit. It was offered on my position 8 months before i accepted an offer.
Thanks Chris 👊 Sorry to hear about your EDRP. 😞 It feels like anything linked to government bureaucracy should come with a "document, document, document" label. From VA to student loans, you need to document everything so the rug is not pulled out from underneath you.
Pay and bonuses are similar to larger health networks in Pittsburgh at least. Very little room for bonus and base pay for a PCP is usually around 200,000.
Thank you for the added context!
That number is highly regional. You specified Pittsburgh, but other regions throughout the Midwest and nation vary widely. Other factors include +/- obstetrics, inpatient vs outpatient-only (ambulist), etc.
One of the biggest physician gripes I hear about the VA is its antiquated EMR, which I last used twenty-some years ago. Nothing about it changed since then… just a huge time waster, notwithstanding the dissatisfaction my colleagues have with so-called “modern” EMRs.
You are looking at just the base pay, which is combined with a market adjusted pay to reach a total salary. No full time physician anywhere in the US makes 118k.
I agree that $118k is pretty low; I have not seen that with any clients. However, we have worked with plenty of PCPs and psychiatrists at the VA who came in at or below $200k. That is with market adjustments and bonuses. The $200k is right in the middle of the range we listed.
Here is the data from the VA that we used: www.va.gov/OHRM/Pay/2023/PhysicianDentist/AnnualPayRanges_20230101.pdf
Videos are spot on. One point I'll make about the EDRP is it is something that can roll on and off an offered position daily. You actually should take a screen shot of the job posting. The bureaucracy that you mentioned is 100% accurate especially regarding EDRP. I am the one physician you have now heard of that did not get this benefit. It was offered on my position 8 months before i accepted an offer.
Thanks Chris 👊
Sorry to hear about your EDRP. 😞 It feels like anything linked to government bureaucracy should come with a "document, document, document" label. From VA to student loans, you need to document everything so the rug is not pulled out from underneath you.