ASC EMPLOYEE SALARY & BENEFITS SURVEY
FAQs
Here are some of the most frequently asked questions regarding the 2008 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey. These questions are divided up by category. Please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ascassociation.org if you still have questions regarding the 2008 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey.
General
- I have not received my 2008 survey yet. Where do I get a copy?
The forms will be mailed out to nonmembers and faxed to members the week of February 25, 2008. If you have not received your forms yet, please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ASCAssociation.org. If you are a nonmember and would like to receive the survey via fax, please complete the opt-in form.
- Where do I send my completed survey?
You can fax it to 703.549.0976
Or mail to:
The ASC Association
1012 Cameron St
Alexandria, VA 22314
Or remit online.
- Can I remit my survey online?
Yes. New this year you can remit your survey online. You will be prompted for your ASC’s log-in and password. This information was included in the cover letter accompanying the survey. If you need this information, please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ASCAssociation.org. To obtain the number, you will need to provide the survey ID that is on your salary survey.
- I do not have my ASC’s log in and password to complete the survey online. Where can I get this information?
Please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ASCAssociation.org. To obtain the number, you will need to provide the survey ID that is on your salary survey.
- When is the deadline to complete the survey?
The deadline to submit completed surveys is May 30, 2008.
- We have more than one location. How do I complete my survey?
Please fill out a survey for each location that you operate. If you need additional surveys, please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ASCAssociation.org.
- I would like state specific salary data. Is this available?
Yes, for many states we do publish state specific data. To see if your state is one of these, please check our state association section.
- Does it cost to participate in the survey?
No, there is no cost to participate. All ASC Association members will receive a free copy of the survey when it is published in August. If you are not a member, and participate in the survey, you can purchase it at a discounted rate (To receive discount, it must be ordered pre-publication). If you would like to order the survey, please fill out an order form.
- I did not receive my survey to complete. How do I get a copy?
Please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ASCAssociation.org.
- If I have questions about the survey, who do I contact?
Please contact the ASC Association at 703.836.8808 or ASC@ASCAssociation.org.
- When will the 2008 ASC Employee Salary & Benefits Survey be available?
The survey will be published in August.
- The information requested is highly sensitive. Is my information confidential?
Yes, your information is kept confidential. Your center's name and contact information is not on the survey to keep it confidential. Please do not add this information.
Medical Director
- Our Medical Director is also a practicing physician within our facility. Do I include his/her medical fees in his salary?
No, please only include the salary he/she is paid to be a medical director.
- Instead of billing for his/her own services, our anesthesiologist is paid by the ASC. He/she also serves as our medical director. For these two responsibilities he/she is paid $150,000 a year. He/she devotes 25% of his/her time to being medical Director and the rest to being an anesthesiologist. How do I calculate his salary for each position?
The calculation for each position is as follows:
Salary reported for medical director: .25 x $150,000 = $37,500
Salary reported for anesthesiologist: .75 x $150,000 = $112,500
- Our medical director is not full-time. It says to report the salaries of full-time employees only. Do I report this salary?
Yes, please report the medical director’s salary even if he/she is part-time.
- Our medical director is not paid a salary, but an annual stipend. Do I include this?
Yes, please check the stipend box and report the annual stipend amount.
- Our medical director is an owner of our ASC. He/she does not receive a salary for his/her position of medical director, but does receive a portion of the profits. Do I include this in his/her salary?
No, please do not include any profits he/she receives as an owner of the
ASC but only the salary/stipend he/she receives for his/her position of
medical director.
- Our medical director works 10 hours a month. How do I calculate % time worked?
To calculate his/her % time worked, take hours worked, in this case, 10, and multiple it by 12 (# of months). Then take this answer and divide it by 2080. To get the percentage, take the answer and multiply by 100
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If he worked 10 hours a week, you would calculate as follows: Take hours worked in a week, 10, and multiple it by 52 (# of weeks). Then take this answer and divide it by 2080. To get the percentage, take the answer and multiply by 100.
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Salaries
1. We have a Director of Nursing and a Nurse Manager. There is only one line to report the salaries. How do I report these salaries?
If you have more than one of these positions, please report the average salary of those positions.
2. We pay all of our employees by the hour. How do I get their annual salary?
You can use our salary calculator or to calculate this number yourself:
multiply the hourly rate by 2080 to come to their annual salary.
I.e. if your employee makes $16.50 an hour.
Hourly rate *2080=Annual Salary
$16.50*2080=$34,320
3. When reporting annual salaries, how do I report part-time employees?
Do not report salaries for part-time employees other than the medical director. (Note: part-time employees should be included in calculating the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees)
4. Our employees receive bonuses. Do we include bonuses into the annual salaries that we report?
No, please do not include bonuses in the annual salaries.
5. What time period do we use for reporting salaries?
Please report all salaries as of January 1, 2008.
6. Our scheduling clerk is also our receptionist. Where do I report this salary?
If you have multiple positions covered by one person, please enter their
salary for each position that they hold. For example, if you employ
someone at $35,000 as your scheduling clerk and receptionist, you would
report $35,000 as the annual salary for each position.
Benefits
1. When reporting the answers to the benefits questions, do I include part-time employees?
No, please only answer the benefits questions in regard to your full-time
employees. If you have only part-time employees, please do not answer
these questions.
2. What if I offer a benefit to my employees, but do not pay for it. Should I say we offer this benefit?
Please check that the benefit is offered and in the % paid by employer, please enter 0%.
Calculating FTEs
1. I have an employee who is part-time and works 28 hours a week. How do I calculate what their FTE % is?
First, take hours worked in a week, in this case 28 and multiple it by 52 (weeks in a year). Then take your answer, 1456, and divide it by 2080 (total hours available in a year). The answer, .7, is your FTE rate for that employee.
1. 28 * 52 = 1456
2. 1456/2080=.7
2. When reporting FTEs, do we include part-time employees?
Yes. To get this number, compute what % of a FTE each part-time employee is and total to get your complete FTEs. See the above question on how to come to this number.
Results
1. I noticed there are some extreme high or low salaries reported. Doesn’t that skew the mean salaries?
Yes, it does skew the mean salary. To prevent skewed data, we also report the median salary, which is not skewed by extreme numbers.
2. What is the difference between mean and median salaries?
A mean salary is the average salary. To calculate the mean or average salary, you simply add up all the salaries and divide by the number of salaries.
A median salary is the midpoint of a group of salaries. To calculate the median, you arrange the salaries in order and take the middle number.
For example, take the following salaries:
$45,000; $45,000; $48,000; $50,000; $250,000
To calculate the mean:
$45,000 + $45,000 + $48,000 + $50,000 + $250,000 = $438,000
$428,000/5=$87,600
Mean=$87,600
To calculate the median:
$45,000; $45,000; $48,000; $50,000; $250,000 (salaries arranged from lowest to highest, then find mid-point)
$45,000; $45,000; $48,000; $50,000; $250,000
Median=$48,000
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