ACMPE Article Assessment - Carving out space between employed and independent: Professional service agreements in today’s physician market

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1. What is the primary driver forcing independent physician practices to align or sell to large healthcare entities? (Required.)

Recruitment challenges

Higher compensation

Financial instability

All of the above

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2. According to the Physician Advocacy Institute study, ______ of physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems or corporate entities. (Required.)

27%

48%

63%

74%

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3. Procedural heavy specialists are seeing the most benefit from changes to the Medicare Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion factor wRVU values. (Required.)

True

False

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4. All the following PSA structures allow physicians to test the waters of alignment with a health system except? (Required.)

Call pay arrangement

Practice acquisition

Service line medical directorship

Practice management arrangement

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5. In building out remuneration the PSA is typically based on wRVU/productivity rather than collections. (Required.)

True

False

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6. The following PSA arrangement is more attractive to medical groups who want to continue functioning as they have been while getting the benefits of partnering with a health system. (Required.)

Traditional PSA

Global PSA

Practice management arrangement

Carve Out PSA

ACMPE Article Assessment - Carving out space between employed and independent: Professional service agreements in today’s physician market

Question Title

* 1. What is the primary driver forcing independent physician practices to align or sell to large healthcare entities? (Required.)

Question Title

* 2. According to the Physician Advocacy Institute study, ______ of physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems or corporate entities. (Required.)

Question Title

* 3. Procedural heavy specialists are seeing the most benefit from changes to the Medicare Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion factor wRVU values. (Required.)

Question Title

* 4. All the following PSA structures allow physicians to test the waters of alignment with a health system except? (Required.)

Question Title

* 5. In building out remuneration the PSA is typically based on wRVU/productivity rather than collections. (Required.)

Question Title

* 6. The following PSA arrangement is more attractive to medical groups who want to continue functioning as they have been while getting the benefits of partnering with a health system. (Required.)

1. What is the primary driver forcing independent physician practices to align or sell to large healthcare entities? (Required.)

2. According to the Physician Advocacy Institute study, ______ of physicians are employed by hospitals, health systems or corporate entities. (Required.)

3. Procedural heavy specialists are seeing the most benefit from changes to the Medicare Fee Schedule (MPFS) conversion factor wRVU values. (Required.)

4. All the following PSA structures allow physicians to test the waters of alignment with a health system except? (Required.)

5. In building out remuneration the PSA is typically based on wRVU/productivity rather than collections. (Required.)

6. The following PSA arrangement is more attractive to medical groups who want to continue functioning as they have been while getting the benefits of partnering with a health system. (Required.)