Salaries for Penn State Health's orthopedic surgeons went under a microscope Thursday at the trial for a fired Penn State football doctor.
Dr. Scott Lynch, left, during spring football practice at Holuba Hall on April 1, 2015. Now, the fired football doctors is fighting in Dauphin County Court.Dr. Fred Hyde, a healthcare finance expert with 50 years’ experience, scrutinized Lynch’s compensation plans for various years before and after his appointment as orthopedic consultant for Penn State football and medical director for Penn State Athletics. Lynch remains employed by Penn State Health.
Hyde described the market for orthopedic surgeons in the Hershey area as oversaturated, making it more difficult for Lynch to build back his clinical practice after being relieved of his Penn State Athletics duties. Lynch’s Penn State work accounted for about half of the credits toward his annual bonus, estimated to be about 16 percent of his base salary, Hyde testified.
“How are you going to get your volume back to double?” Hyde testified. “This is a very steep hill. Not only are you set back; you are instantly impoverished. You’ve got a very uphill battle.”
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