CMS should support small and independent practices by developing physician-led Advanced Alternative Payment Models (APMs), advised a group of provider and industry organizations.
The American Academy...
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...
At first glance, value-based care models appear to work against independent physicians. The risk-based arrangement requires a coordination of services across care continuum — primarily between...
Healthcare price growth in August 2017 increased by just 1.2 percent compared to the previous year, reaching the lowest growth rate in nearly two years and only three-tenths above the lowest growth...
The median annual physician assistant salary increased by 5.2 percent in 2016, reaching a median of about $102,000, revealed the most recent American Academy of PAs (AAPA) Salary Report.
The survey of...
Hospital-based cancer care for patients undergoing chemotherapy was 60 percent more expensive compared to the same treatment at community-based oncology practices, according to a recent study by Xcenda...
Even though a majority of physicians either received the same or an increase in provider compensation in 2016, about one-quarter of them expressed dissatisfaction with their annual pay last year, a...
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...
While working in a small practice allows providers to really understand their patients and their community’s healthcare needs, it can also create unique healthcare revenue cycle management...
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...
Physician practice owners no longer make up the majority of patient care providers, a recent American Medical Association (AMA) healthcare employment study revealed. Approximately 47 percent of patient...
Emergency department providers have little understanding of the healthcare costs associated with common visits, a recent Journal of the American Osteopathic Association study revealed.
The survey of...
Healthcare reform and market forces are driving more independent practice leaders to consolidate with larger hospitals or health systems. But an independent practice association, like Vermont’s...
Healthcare organizations looking to reduce low-value resource use and healthcare costs should implement a framework that addresses the patient and clinician interaction, according to a recent Journal...
Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of providers prefer a fee-for-service model over value-based reimbursement structures even though almost one-half acknowledged that the traditional payment model...
Healthcare stakeholders and lawmakers should encourage community health centers to engage in alternative payment models to financially incentivize providers to improve safety-net care, a recent Journal...
House representatives Joseph Crowley (D-NY) and Ryan Costello (R-PA) recently introduced legislation that aims to resolve physician shortage challenges by adding more Medicare-funded residency...
Local leaders may be better positioned to solve healthcare cost challenges than the federal government since healthcare price variation was more significant by state and local markets, a new Health...
In light of the unique challenges eligible clinicians in small and rural hospitals face, CMS developed special Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) eligibility and reporting requirements for the...
Implementing a credit card on file program boosted patient collections and reduced accounts receivable by 28 percent in six months at Orthopaedics & Rheumatology of the North Shore, a...
