News Report | July 21, 2020
Primary Care Practices Could Lose Over $15 Billion In Revenue Due To COVID-19
Over the 2020 operating year, primary care practices in the United States could lose a total of $15.1 billion in revenue due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This equals a loss of $67,774 in gross revenue per full time physician, from an anticipated base gross revenue of $542,190 per physician had COVID-19 not happened.
The researchers concluded that COVID-19 will cause large, meaningful revenue reductions for primary care practices during 2020. If practices are unable to collect sufficient funding through either fee-for-service or capitated payment mechanisms, these results may threaten practice viability . . .