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