MACRA and Other Healthcare Reforms Cause Nearly Half of Physicians Surveyed to ‘Accelerate’ their Retirement Plans
Many pathologists and other physicians are accelerating their retirement plans as they become familiar with how MACRA, MIPS, and ADM will change the way the Medicare Program pays for physician professional services Will Medicare’s make-over to how it pays physicians accelerate the retirement of more doctors—including pathologists? That’s the question many experts are asking as the nation’s physicians learn more about the rule to implement the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act...Today’s Physicians Prefer Employment; Days of Pathologists as Partners in Private Group Practices Are Numbered
Increasing numbers of doctors are seeking employment in hospitals, medical groups, outpatient clinics or academic institutions. Fewer physicians are pursuing solo practices or ownership participation in medical partnerships.