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ACOs may affect physician employment patterns, JAMA study finds

July 30, 2018Garrett SchmittNo Commentsemployment, JAMA, physician burnout, Physician comp, Physician Compensation, Physician Engagement, physician Satisfaction

Dive Brief: The growth of accountable care organizations is cutting physician work hours as well as the likelihood of doctors being self-employed, according to a new JAMA report. The study of nearly 50,000 doctors found a 10% increase in ACO enrollment in a hospital referral region is connected with 0.82 fewer work hours per week…

Doctors worry CMS proposals will slow the move to value-based pay

July 14, 2018Garrett Schmitt1 AHA, AMGA, CMS, MACRA, MIPS, Physician comp, Physician Compensation

An avalanche of new pay proposals from the CMS seeks to reduce provider burden, so much so that it could undermine efforts to shift Medicare to a value-based system, doctors warned. The agency released a 1,400-page proposed rule July 12 that for the first time combined the annual physician fee schedule and the Medicare Quality…