The new  Medicare physician-payment scheme will speed up the movement of   physicians in undercapitalized  practices deciding to become  employees of hospital systems and/or physician-staffing firms.

As Modern Healthcare reports: “They’re asking themselves: Do we have the money, information technology and access to data to transition from traditional fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement that asks physicians to take financial risks for patient care and puts a premium on quality?”

To read the Modern Healthcare article on this, please hit this link.