Market trends in physician service agreements, call coverage, administrative services, and hospital-based arrangements.

Health systems continue to face increasing complexity in structuring physician service arrangements amid sustained market competition, workforce shortages, affordability pressures, and heightened regulatory scrutiny. The 2026 MD Ranger benchmarks provide timely insights into market rates and emerging trends.

Join ECG’s Kate Taylor and Jake Poklop as they explore key findings from the 2026 MD Ranger benchmarks and discuss what these trends may mean for physician contracting strategies, payment arrangements, and compliance considerations.

What you’ll learn:

• How market pressures are influencing physician contracting and payment arrangements and driving more nuanced FMV decision-making.
• Which difficult-to-recruit specialties are facing continued market pressure.
• What the 2026 benchmarks reveal about clinical service rates, ED call coverage trends, administrative and leadership payments, and hospital-based stipend arrangements.
• Why compliance considerations remain critical when developing, reviewing, and documenting physician service and payment arrangements.
• Practical considerations for governance, review processes, thresholds for third-party FMV opinions, contracting procedures, and legal involvement.