Part B News | Physician Practice Perspectives

02/01/2013

by: Cheryl Clark

Family practitioners stand to receive a 7% reimbursement increase while pathologists will lose almost as much under the final federal fee schedule for physician and specialty provider groups released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

Dialing up physician networks

02/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

With physicians eager for hospital positions, and hospitals trying to align their clinical care with an eye toward medical homes and accountable care organizations, the two sides are increasingly joining forces in primary care physician networks.

Young doctors spend 13% more than older physicians

02/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

Older doctors can teach younger, less experienced physicians a lesson or two about cutting costs by using less costly procedures, a RAND study shows.

Disruptive remedies for the physician shortage

02/01/2013

by: Philip Betbeze

Extended roles for non-physicians is a direction toward which many hospitals and health systems are moving. Such efforts, if successful, might bring much-needed nuance into the discussion of the physician shortage, including disruptions in the types of physicians needed in the future.

MGMA: Payment uncertainty dampens physician spending

02/01/2013

by: Joe Cantlupe

At the Medical Group Management Association conference in Texas, one concern is common—the "fiscal instability" created by what officials call a "decade" of Congressional reprieves from sustainable growth rate formula cuts.

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