Medical Economics March 26, 2020
Editor’s note: This is one of three articles aimed at helping small practices survive the COVID-19 crisis. The other two articles address:
The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus is having a financial impact on private practices nationwide. Experts say that many practices are seeing a decline in patient volume as people try to avoid doctors’ offices unless they have no other choice, and that decline is expected to continue as the crisis broadens.
“This is especially true for primary care offices,” says Lisa Stevens Anderson, president of Equality Health’s Management Services Organization division, who oversees 1,200 primary care physicians. “They are the lowest paid on the physician spectrum and...