The data comes from a Medscape “Physician Compensation Report” for 2023, which surveyed 10,011 physicians across more than 29 specialties about their income, work hours, job satisfaction and more from Oct. 7 to Jan. 17.
Here is how orthopedic surgeons answered:
- Orthopedic surgeons who will continue to take new and current Medicare/Medicaid patients: 74 percent
- Orthopedic surgeons who will stop treating some or all of their current Medicare patients and won’t take new Medicare patients: 7 percent
- Orthopedic surgeons who will stop treating some or all of their current Medicaid patients and won’t take new Medicaid patients: 7 percent
- Orthopedic surgeons who will not take any new Medicare patients: 1 percent
- Orthopedic surgeons who will not take any new Medicaid patients: 1 percent
- Orthopedic surgeons who have not yet decided: 18 percent
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