RevCycle Intelligence June 8, 2017
Just 39 percent of provider compensation bonuses stemmed from value-based reimbursement metrics, a recent study found.
Approximately 52 percent of provider compensation offers with a production bonus in 2017 based the additional pay on relative value units (RVUs), while just 39 percent used quality metrics, a recent Merritt Hawkins survey found.
The study of over 3,200 permanent physician and advanced practitioner search assignments indicated that value-based reimbursement is driving healthcare employment demands, but organizations are still working on incorporating quality into provider compensation.
“The goal is to find the ‘Goldilock’s zone’ – physician payment models that encourage physicians to see the patients and generate the revenue that healthcare facilities still need, but that also reward doctors for adopting the behaviors...
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