As medical groups and health systems pursue performance improvement in the wake of COVID-19, provider and executive compensation must be reevaluated to optimize operations and financial performance going forward. The pandemic has skewed benchmarks for compensation and productivity, so executing a compensation program is more difficult than in years past. Not only are groups struggling with how to succeed in value-based contracts as they move away from fee-for-service arrangements, other considerations include new E/M coding policies and determining fair market value (FMV).
How should we modify provider compensation plans following the pandemic? How do we implement pay-for-performance initiatives to promote value-based care? How should we adjust our provider compensation structure in response to recent Medicare changes, including E/M work RVU adjustments? How can we ensure our compensation plan complies with current fair market value (FMV) standards?

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Featured Provider Compensation Resources

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ARTICLE – FREE TO MEMBERS
The latest trends in provider compensation and productivity from the AMGA 2023 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey

2022 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey Database

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Now in its 35th year, AMGA’s 2022 survey compiles compensation and productivity data from 383 medical groups and 183,000 providers across 177 specialties. Production values reflect 2020 and 2021 wRVU weights to ensure accuracy. Online access available; print version coming soon.

How should we modify provider compensation plans following the pandemic?

Positioning Provider Compensation Models Beyond 2021 to Achieve Resiliency

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This presentation examines adapting compensation models to varying productivity levels and adjusting compensation plan mechanics in light of COVID-19.

Adapting New Methods to Govern and Administer Provider Compensation Plans

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In this presentation, learn the latest strategies for compensation oversight, including new ways to monitor performance such as panel size and capitation, and how to integrate metrics related to cash collections.

2022 Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey Database

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Now in its 35th year, AMGA’s 2022 survey compiles compensation and productivity data from 383 medical groups and 183,000 providers across 177 specialties. Production values reflect 2020 and 2021 wRVU weights to ensure accuracy. Online access available; print version coming soon.

How do we implement pay-for-performance initiatives to promote value-based care?

An Inside Look at Compensation

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In this article, AMGA Consulting’s Fred Horton, MHA speaks on what pay-for-performance can teach us about value-based care.

New Era Physician Compensation Models

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Dignity Health and Advocate Medical Group share recent changes to their compensation models in an environment moving toward value-based payment.

Comprehensive Compensation Redesign in a Value-Based World

White Paper – Free to Members
This white paper explores how to successfully align fee-for-service and value-based compensation plans with your payor mix and environment.

How should we adjust our provider compensation structure in response to recent Medicare changes, including E/M work RVU adjustments?

The Rules of the Code

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This article considers whether for hospital-based E/M codes, less could be more in 2023.

Making Sense of the Seismic Shifts in Provider Compensation

WHITE PAPER - FREE TO MEMBERS
This white paper gives guidance on how to effectively determine compensation in light of new 2021 E/M code changes.

The Primary Care Compensation Paradigm Shift That Was Meant to Be

WHITE PAPER – FREE TO MEMBERS
This white paper explores key changes and goals of CMS’ changes for outpatient evaluation and management (E/M) codes and their impact on medical groups.

How can we ensure our compensation plan complies with current fair market value (FMV) standards?

Compensation and Fair Market Value Considerations

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Hall Render’s Joseph Wolfe addresses the latest issues involving fair market value and changes to legislation that will affect compensation models.

FMV in Special Cases and Proposed Stark Anti-Kickback Changes

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This webinar presentation focuses on application of fair market value (FMV) analysis to professional services/co-management agreements (PSAs), physician executive and leadership roles, and panel-based compensation models in primary care. Speakers also discuss how to set up compensation offers and make like comparisons to market survey data for FMV compliance and commercial reasonableness.

Solutions Library: Where the Best Find Answers

Learn how leading medical groups are adjusting their provider and executive compensation models in the wake of the pandemic and other changes at amga.org/solutions.

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