{"id":1243,"date":"2012-05-14T06:55:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T06:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcodersblog.com\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:49:59","slug":"exodus-to-hospital-based-employment-and-its-effect-on-healthcare-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.medicalbillersandcoders.com\/blog\/exodus-to-hospital-based-employment-and-its-effect-on-healthcare-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"Exodus to Hospital-Based Employment and its Effect on Healthcare Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

While the recent healthcare reforms ushered in by the Federal Government promises to elevate clinical and operational efficiency across the nation\u2019s healthcare continuum, it is also going to induce physicians into a more accountable and responsible quality clinical regime. The imminent Accountable Care Organization Model, Medicare cuts, the fear of Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) backlash, the compulsory implementation of EHR, coupled with the monumental shift to ICD-10 and HIPAA 5010 compliant medical billing and coding have begun to take heavy toll of lone-standing clinical practices. The effective influence of these factors is showing up in an unprecedented exodus to hospital-based employment by both new entrants as well as those that have been practicing for a considerable period of time.<\/p>\n

A recent study by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) quite endorses this shift to hospital-based employment: 65% of physicians that changed jobs recently have all moved into a hospital employment model. What is more interesting is that the propensity to this model is more common amongst new entrants \u2013 almost half of new fellows across all specialties are in favor of hospital-based employment. The shift has really assumed a gigantic proportion. And, when we begin to trace the reasons behind this radical shift, we are invariably led to the following interesting factors:<\/p>\n