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- Re: Productivity and MalpractceShow More
We are not aware of any research data that correlates increasing patient volume with increasing malpractice risk in the Family Medicine setting. The New Model of practice which was proposed by the Future of Family Medicine project would actually decrease the number of patients seen by the family physician per unit time, while increasing the number of patients cared for by the multidisciplinary primary care team. The New...
Competing Interests: None declared. - Productivity and Malpractce
Average productivity is now 7900 RVUs per year per MGMA, in order to maintain income. Has the demand to increase productivity put us at increased legal risk as might be evidenced by more frequent malpractice claims? Are the high producers the physicians who are sued most frequently?
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