According to Kaufman Hall’s latest Physician Flash Report, patient volume, revenue, and productivity increased for physician practices with performances exceeding pre-pandemic...
Healthcare expenses continue to rise across the board as both hospitals and physician groups deal with pandemic-related impacts on financial performance, according to two new reports from healthcare...
Physician compensation increased modestly as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, while productivity took a sharp decline, AMGA (American Medical Group Association) reports.
A survey conducted by AMGA...
Despite a fiscally challenging year for the healthcare industry, physician compensation for most specialties has remained the same or has slightly increased, a new report from the Medical Group...
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is creating a perfect storm for health systems, which appear to be taking hits on both the hospital and physician practice sides of their business.
The latest National...
The COVID-19 pandemic has moved the benchmarks for medical practice excellence. What once worked in a pre-pandemic world may not be adequate for the COVID-19 era or may need to be tweaked in order to...
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to running a successful physician practice, but a new report has found that top-performing organizations have a couple of characteristics in common.
The report...
After experiencing a significant dip in patient volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic, Family Practice Associates of Lexington PSC is now busier than ever.
“Visits probably dropped off 50, maybe...
While patient volumes are creeping back to pre-pandemic levels for some providers, clinicians overwhelmingly agreed in a recent survey that primary care has yet to rebound and it is unlikely to reach...
Physician prices for commercial insurers are still well above those paid by Medicare, but there is significant variation in how much more the payers reimburse physicians for professional medical...
While many providers are starting to see their patient volume levels return to pre-pandemic levels, most physicians and advanced practice providers are still concerned about the effect COVID-19 will...
The physician market has become more competitive as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which may lead to new physician compensation reductions and incentives, at least temporarily, according to a new...
Demand for doctors continues to exceed supply, leading to a projected physician shortage of between 54,100 and 139,000 physicians by 2033 — a higher range compared to the previous projected...
Provider compensation trended upward in 2019 as most providers reported increases in overall productivity, according to MGMA’s latest Provider Compensation and Production Report.
Average total...
Primary care practices continue to be under extreme financial stress as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the latest survey from the Primary Care Collaborative and the Larry A. Green Center...
Paycheck Protection Program loans were designed to support small businesses during the unprecedented COVID-19 crisis, but many physician practices have been debating whether returning the loans is a...
Furloughs and pay cuts are just two ways the COVID-19 crisis has changed the physician’s role, according to a new survey from Merritt Hawkins and the Physicians Foundation.
For more coronavirus...
Primary care practices are facing significant financial challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving 20 percent of practices without the resources they need to remain open beyond the next...
An overwhelming majority (97 percent) of physician practices have experienced a negative financial impact directly or indirectly related to COVID-19, with most seeing physician practice revenue and...
Medical groups should be able to access the $349 billion in forgivable loans through the Paycheck Protection Program while practices wait on HHS to distribute the more than $100 billion in coronavirus...
