Resources for Employed Surgeons

Upcoming Webinar

2026 Physician Salary & Contract Trends

August 4, 12:00–1:00 pm CT

Join Resolve Contract Negotiation for a webinar exploring the latest physician compensation and employment trends shaping the 2026 market. We’ll discuss key insights from the newest MGMA data release, trends identified through Resolve’s proprietary rData sourced from verified physician contracts, and highlights from Resolve’s first-ever Annual Physician Market Report releasing in June 2026 with additional discussion focused on trends impacting surgeons and surgical specialties.

Attendees will gain practical insights into:

• Emerging physician compensation trends across specialties and regions
• Changes in signing bonuses, productivity expectations, call structures, and contract terms
• How market data can strengthen contract negotiations and career decisions
• Key takeaways physicians should understand before evaluating offers in 2026

This session is designed to help physicians better understand the evolving employment landscape and learn how to strategically leverage compensation data throughout their careers.

Speaker

Kyle Claussen
Chief Executive Officer at Resolve

Registration

Moderator

Jennifer M. Whittington, MD, PhD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery
Director, Division of Surgical Oncology
Director, Regional Perfusion Service Line Department of Surgery
James H. Quillen College of Medicine | East Tennessee State University 

Contract Review Services

Recognizing the importance of engaging legal services for the negotiation and review of employment contract agreements, the ACS has partnered with Resolve to provide a tiered menu of contract review services at a discounted rate as a benefit of membership in the ACS. Services are provided by Resolve’s team of experienced attorneys.

As an example of the breadth of issues that surgeons need to consider in their contract negotiations, Resolve has provided a document to review.

MGMA Data Reports

The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) delivers surgical specialty reports including salary and productivity information that you can use to stay informed on the market. Multiple subspecialties are available with the purchase of the core specialty’s report.

MGMA Physician Business Training Course

This 8-hour interactive, on-demand course that teaches physicians the language of business and the principles needed to be better collaborators with administrators and hospital staff. This course is similar to an MBA-in-a-box and awards approximately 8 hours of CME credits. 

Included with the course is a starting salary and specialty data rollup and an ebook encapsulating the material presented. By enrolling in this program, you will receive MGMA benchmarking data for your specific specialty is included in this program—a $250 value!

AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey Data

The ACS has partnered with AMGA to offer a discount for ACS members for the AMGA Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey Report. The Report focuses on the individual compensation and productivity of physicians and other clinical staff, starting salaries of new residents and experienced new hires, as well as salaries for physician leadership, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants. Metrics for 177 specialties are available in the AMGA report.

By using the ACS discount code, the pricing for the subsets will be $250 for one specialty, $400 for two, and $500 for three.

If you are an ACS member who is interested in obtaining the AMGA data subsets, email cgibbs@amga.org, use code ACS2022, and provide the specialties you would like to purchase.

ACS Resources for the Practicing Surgeon, Volume I: The Employed Surgeon

Since the publication of the Surgeons as Institutional Employees: A Strategic Look at the Dimensions of Surgeons as Employees of Hospitals primer in 2012, institutional and hospital-based physician employment has only become more complex. The ACS Division of Advocacy and Health Policy (DAHP), along with the General Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Committee, revamped and expanded the 2012 primer in response to requests from Fellows for more help in navigating the waters of employment, understanding compensation, negotiating contracts, and more. This updated primer is the first volume in a series of resources the DAHP is working to produce for practicing surgeons.

ACS Resources for the Practicing Surgeon, Second Edition: The Employed Surgeon

The ACS Division of Advocacy and Health Policy has revamped and expanded the College’s 2018 Employed Surgeon primer to address the ever-changing landscape of physician employment and the complexities of ensuring a surgeon’s expertise is fairly and equitably measured and valued by their employer. This updated publication highlights some of the important principles of navigating career opportunities and the logistical, financial, and contractual nuances associated with becoming or maintaining one’s position as an employed surgeon.