2020 Salary survey: COVID disrupts salary gains, challenges medical practices

Why This Topic Matters

The article helps readers understand broad pandemic-era pressures on medical practices and the operational and staffing trends reported by survey respondents. It is useful for professionals assessing how external policy and workflow changes affected coding, billing, and practice management.

Article Sections

1. COVID-19 impacts on medical practice operations

   This section presents survey findings on how the public health emergency affected patient volume, revenue, claims processing, and telehealth adoption in medical practices.

2. Salaries, staff reduced

   This section covers reported staffing changes, pay adjustments, furloughs, layoffs, work-from-home arrangements, and changes in employee responsibilities.

3. Impact of COVID-19 on physician practice operations

   This section references survey charts summarizing operational effects on physician practices during the pandemic.

4. Impact of COVID-19 on coder's work situation

   This section references survey charts summarizing how coders’ work situations changed during the pandemic.