A recent survey by the Medical Group Management Association found that increases in physicians’ overall compensation in both primary and specialty care did not keep up with inflation in 2008, according to a MGMA news release. The study, Physician Compensation and Production Survey: 2009 Report Based on 2008 Data, found that physicians in primary care compounded a history of generally flat compensation this year with a reported 2 percent increase (-1.73 percent adjusted for inflation) to a medi