Even before the pandemic, independent physician practices were facing challenges. Beyond safeguarding the health and welfare of their patients, independent physician practices play a critical role in ...

The consolidation of independent physician practices by hospitals and health systems continues to have potentially adverse effects on healthcare access, according to a report released by the ...

Paul Berggreen, MD, is a gastroenterologist based in Phoenix. He serves as president of the American Independent Medical Practice Association and chief strategy officer of GI Alliance, a nationwide ...

Ty Allen is the CEO of SocialClimb, a company that offers automated patient acquisition software & predictive analytics data for healthcare. Increasing financial pressure from reimbursement issues, ...

Independent physicians and practices are fast disappearing from the landscape of U.S. healthcare. But the overall question of what this means for the industry is polarizing. While some stakeholders ...

Some industry experts think independent physician practices are about to go the way of the dinosaur and eight track tapes. Recent studies say only 1 in 3 will remain in private practice by the end of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Independent physician practices sit at a crossroads. After two decades of industry consolidation, most physicians now work for ...

Corporate juggernauts are coming to dominate the U.S. health care system. UnitedHealth now employs 10 percent of all physicians in the United States. Hospitals signed up more than 58,000 new physician ...

A six-physician primary care practice in Chicago would rather fight than join. Primary Care Medical Associates (PCMA), serving the city's North Side, decided to buck the trend toward consolidation of ...

Once again, this legislative session, advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners) will continue their quest to gain “full practice authority,” commonly referred to as “independent ...