Urology Workforce Changes and Implications for Prostate Cancer Care Among Medicare Enrollees

Physician practices are rapidly consolidating in the United States, as small independently owned groups merge or are acquired by larger hospital systems.1 –9 Multiple factors motivate this shift, including the capital required for entrepreneurial activities,8 reimbursement patterns,2,10 administrative burdens,6,11 and the need for infrastructure to participate in quality measurements and population health management initiatives.12–14 While some pu blished analyses demonstrate hospital integration in select specialty practices, such as cardiology and oncology,15 changes in urologist practice organization in recent years are not well understood.

Source: Urology - February 18, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Kathryn A. Marchetti, Mary Oerline, Brent K. Hollenbeck, Samuel R. Kaufman, Ted A. Skolarus, Vahakn B. Shahinian, Megan E.V. Caram, Parth K Modi Source Type: research