Will MACRA kill small physician practices?
Depending on the source, 34% to 59% percent of physicians are employed in practices of less than 10 physicians. On the other hand, 39% of physicians are employed by hospitals. How will these proportions change over time? An interesting paper by Casalino (2017) examines the impact of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) on…