Physician Compensation Trends Could Face Years of Uncertainty

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Healthcare employers are reevaluating how they compensate physicians, with experts forecasting years of potential uncertainty, Modern Healthcare reports. The clinical shutdowns experienced at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 upended traditional productivity-based physician payment models. The same year, the federal government announced significant changes to the physician fee schedule, raising reimbursement for those providing office visits while decreasing reimbursement for others. Patient volume has begun to rebound in the meantime, driving up demand for doctors. As a result, many employers’ payment structures are in flux. Read more.

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