Medicare is struggling to get reimbursement to physicians in California, Nevada and Hawaii, according to the Los Angeles Times, and the effects could be devastating.
Compensation Issues
CMS has announced a 1.1 percent increase for physician payments under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) final rule for calendar year 2009. Physicians have a chance to earn up to a 5.1 percent pay boost next year for adoption…
Adequate on-call emergency coverage is a real issue for hospital emergency departments and inpatients requiring urgent specialist consultation. Sullivan Cotter’s 2008 Physician On-Call Pay Survey Report states that 85 percent of survey respondents have experienced difficulty finding physicians to provide…