HealthLeaders Media February 14, 2020
Cost containment is a common theme of most trends that are expected to affect medical practices over the next 10 years.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Medical practices are expected to generate reimbursement gains relative to hospital-based care settings.
– Primary care practices are likely to benefit from the increasing importance of preventative care compared to treatment of illnesses.
– In the payment model shift to value-based care from fee-for-service, private payer efforts are expected to outpace federal government programs.
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has identified six trends that are likely to have a major impact on medical practices over the next decade.
MGMA, which is based in Englewood, Colorado, has about 55,000 members nationwide. The new trends report was...