Internal medicine was the only specialty that saw lower productivity at physician groups than hospital-owned practices, according to the Sept. 2022 report “Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups.” Orthopedic surgeons saw the biggest productivity gap, with the specialty outperforming those of hospital groups by 11.1 percent.
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Median wRVUs of physicians in physician practices as a percentage of those in hospital-owned groups |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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Specialty |
2006 |
2011 |
2016 |
2021 |
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Cardiology (noninvasive) |
94.4% |
108.9% |
87.6% |
105.6% |
|
Internal medicine (general) |
99.1% |
104.4% |
98.0% |
94.2% |
|
Orthopedic surgery (general) |
93.2% |
101.0% |
103.0% |
111.1% |
|
Radiology (diagnostic) |
103.5% |
115.0% |
98.0% |
108.0% |
|
Surgery (general) |
102.8% |
106.1% |
103.8% |
106.5% |
|
Urology |
88.7% |
116.0% |
109.7% |
103.7% |
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