As practices consolidate, grow and develop more complex ownership models, physicians are coming up with new ways to compensation group members. The article’s author, Thomas F. Murray Jr., MD, suggests:
• Allocating clinical revenues with separate amounts credited to each individual surgeon
• Allocating ancillary revenues with close attention to Stark II guidelines, sometimes divided evenly among group members or along vested interest lines
• Measuring work the Medicare Relative Value Unit or similar system, and potentially creating quality incentives
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