RevCycle Intelligence May 31, 2017
Most physician practices plan to train existing staff for MACRA implementation because of budget constraints, a survey showed.
About 87 percent of physician practices do not plan on hiring additional healthcare staff to help with MACRA implementation, a recent Physicians Practice survey showed.
The survey of over 1,000 practice managers and physicians revealed that most practices anticipate training existing employees to facilitate the value-based reimbursement transition under MACRA implementation.
Another 19.2 percent of practices also stated that their budget does not allow for additional hires just for MACRA implementation.
While most physician practices are not in a position to take on additional staff members, a small percentage (12.8 percent) expect to add employees to facilitate MACRA implementation. The practices...