A recently introduced bill in the Alabama House of Representatives would allow more rural physicians to access income tax credits, CBS 42 reported Feb. 12.
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Physician Side Gigs, an online community of more than 195,000 physicians, laid out physician on-call compensation statistics in a recent report using data from the group's salary and compensation negotiation databases.
Physician-owned hospitals charge less for the same services compared to their non-physician-owned counterparts, according to multiple studies.
A jump in physician productivity is primarily driving compensation increases this year, according to SullivanCotter's 2023-24 Physician Compensation and Productivity Report.
The continued consolidation of physician groups and health systems is pushing procedures to hospital outpatient departments over ASCs, driving Medicare costs up, according to a study published July 25 in Science Direct.
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Eleven specialties saw year-over-year starting salary growth in 2024, according to an Aug. 1 analysis published by healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare.
On July 10, CMS proposed a 2.8% conversion factor reduction in its 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
While Medicare’s Merit-Based Incentive Payment System "is well-intentioned", the program has started to undercut small and rural practices, a blog post from the American Medical Association said.
CMS has proposed a 2.8% conversion factor reduction to its physician fee schedule for 2025.
The American Medical Association named Bobby Mukkamala, MD, an otolaryngologist from Flint, Mich., president-elect.