As expenses go up and reimbursement continues to fall, many physicians are struggling to stay afloat and are forced to see as many patients as possible in a day. To improve care, some experts claim physicians should be paid more, according to the Huffington Post.
Here are four reasons:
1. Many physicians are paid the same amount for performing one surgery as they are for seeing a few patients in the clinic, leading some physicians to limit the amount of surgeries they perform. This may impede patient care as surgical options may prove beneficial for various patients.
2. Some physicians feel disengaged because of lack of compensation and physician autonomy. This may deter physicians from providing efficient care.
3. Some argue the healthcare system needs to pay primary physicians more because the demand far exceeds supply. When considering the stark income difference between specialists and primary care physicians, it is no surprise many medical students choose to subspecialize, creating a gap in primary care physicians.
4. The lack of compensation has lead many physicians to experience burn-out and stop practicing medicine altogether.
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