Compensation Plans

Nov. 28, 8:30-10:00 a.m. | S504AB

This session looks at bonus compensation within academic radiology departments and describes the advantages and disadvantages of productivity-only incentive plans. It also touches on how to ensure fairness and a team atmosphere with incentive-based plans.

 

Speaker Information:

•             Ronald L. Arenson, MD, University of California, San Francisco

•             Pablo Riera Ros, MD, PhD, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland

•             Vincent Paul Mathews, MD, Northwest Radiology, Indianapolis, Ind.

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