Physician practice vs. hospital group orthopedic surgeon productivity

Orthopedic surgeons at physician-owned groups have outproduced those at hospitals since 2011, according to MGMA

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MGMA’s Sept. 2022 report “Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups” listed the ratio of median wRVUs in physician-owned practices and hospital-owned practices.

Here are the median wRVU productions of orthopedic surgeons in physician practices as a percentage of wRVU production of those in hospital-owned groups:

2006: 93.2 percent
2011: 101 percent

2016: 103 percent

2021: 111.1 percent

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