We’re not laying anyone off or downsizing. In a 2021 report, the Association of American Medical Colleges predicted a physician shortage of anywhere from 37,800 to 124,000 by 2034.
More doctors will be required to handle the increasingly complex cases as a result.
population is aging, and patients have delayed care during the pandemic, Florence said. “Even during COVID, none of the underlying factors driving the physician shortage went away,” Florence said. The demand continued into the first two quarters of 2022, he said. New searches for physicians from hospitals and medical groups hit a 34-year record high in the fourth quarter of 2021, said Tom Florence, president of physician permanent placement for staffing firm Merritt Hawkins/AMN Healthcare. Until that shakes out, organizations are going to have to adjust,” Halverson said. “It’s going to be a turbulent period over the next few years. “They’ve had to manage their compensation plans so they’re not creating unintended windfalls or creating financial problems for the organization,” said Josh Halverson, partner and division leader of provider financial services at ECG Management Consultants. Extra incentives, such as flexible scheduling and remote work opportunities, have also been frequently included in recruiting offers. Others have recalibrated how they structure productivity-based plans by offering salary floors that protect doctors from unexpected drops in patient numbers. Some organizations have switched to value-based payment for physicians. Patient volume has begun to rebound in the meantime, driving up demand for doctors.Īs a result, many employers’ payment structures are in flux. The same year, the federal government announced significant changes to the physician fee schedule, raising reimbursement for those providing office visits while decreasing reimbursement for others. The clinical shutdowns experienced at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 upended traditional productivity-based physician payment models. Healthcare employers are reevaluating how they compensate physicians, with experts forecasting years of potential uncertainty.
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