Physician compensations increased slightly over the past year, with the average annual income increasing from $294,000 in 2017 to $299,000 in 2018, according to most recent Medscape Physician...
An overwhelming majority of clinicians who participated in the final year of the Value-Based Payment Modifier (Value Modifier) program will receive neutral payment adjustments in 2018, according to new...
New medical billing codes for non-face-to-face encounters and alternative payment models are trying to change the way Medicare reimburses for primary care, according to researchers at the Urban...
Physician compensation at non-academic hospital systems was almost $123,000 more than the amount paid to physicians in academic systems, a new Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey...
Physicians experienced similar physician compensation increases in 2016 compared to last year, with median compensation rising by 2.9 percent after a 3.1 percent boost in 2015, the most recent AMGA...
Medicare and Medicaid are government healthcare programs that help individuals acquire coverage, but similarities between the programs more or less end there. Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement structures vary significantly by program and...
Approximately 52 percent of provider compensation offers with a production bonus in 2017 based the additional pay on relative value units (RVUs), while just 39 percent used quality metrics, a recent...
According to a recent Medscape survey, physician compensation for specialists was 45.6 percent more than what primary care providers earned in the past year.
The survey of over 19,200 physicians in 27...
A new study in JAMA Surgery found that providers with fee-for-service compensation performed more carotid stenosis interventions on symptomatic and asymptomatic patients compared to providers...
CMS released updated physician fee schedule rates in November 2016, but the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) recently contended that Medicare reimbursement rates for primary care providers...
About 86 percent of primary care physicians and specialists reported that their provider compensation was still primarily under fee-for-service or salary arrangements, representing a modest increase from...
Physician compensation has increased by 3.1 percent in 2015, according to a recent survey from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA). The rate represents a 0.3 percent increase from last...
This week, CMS announced its largest multi-payer initiative to improve primary care and introduce new value-based reimbursement models.
The Comprehensive Primary Care Plus (CPC+) model aims to help...
The health payer industry and the federal government including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have positioned hospitals, clinics, and medical practices to adopt necessary...
As physicians across the country mull over their New Year’s resolutions this week, the overarching desire for a healthy revenue cycle will likely be a common theme.
Physicians often struggled with...
Physicians sought answers to many pressing reimbursement questions this year.
2015 saw heightened anticipation of reimbursement delay and claims denials once ICD-10 kicked into gear, ongoing discussion...
Physicians say lack of time is one of the leading obstacles they face regarding value-based care delivery, according to a study from the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP).
One-third of...
Are value-based payment models garnering favorable reviews or mere disdain from physicians? A new Value-Based Payment (VBP) Humana-funded study aims to answer this...
Did Electronic Health Records (EHRs) save the healthcare industry from massive post-ICD-10 implementation claims denial?
The healthcare industry will not have a confident grasp about tangible payment...
Lack of financial reimbursement may be preventing physicians from initiating imperative end-of-life discussions about a patient’s definitive health desires and wishes.
The Pew...
