High COVID-19 hospitalization rates and consumer reluctance to visit healthcare facilities for non-urgent care continue to drive poor performance for the nation’s hospitals, health systems, and physician groups, new Kaufman Hall reports find. Physician practices saw some gains from July to October 2020, but remained below 2019 levels on most performance measures, according to the latest data from the new quarterly Physician Flash Report. The median investment needed to subsidize inadequate physician revenues fell 9.5% for the quarter, but was up 0.5% year-over-year in October at $194,632 per physician.
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