In Medicare Advantage value-based care, women PCPs outperform and outearn their male peers

Women primary care physicians (PCPs) participating in full-risk Medicare Advantage (MA) value-based payment models earned more than their male counterparts and delivered better clinical outcomes, according to a new study published May 16 in JAMA Health Forum.

The findings show a reversal of the well-documented gender pay gap in medicine, raising new questions about how different payment structures affect equity and quality in physician compensation.

“In this cohort study, women PCPs in value-based payment models had equal or better-quality outcomes and higher value-based earnings compared to men in their practice groups,” the authors, led by Ishani Ganguli, M.D., M.P.H., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, wrote in the study.

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