Hospital-owned physician practices continue to grow as doctors steadily move away from private practice, citing significant financial and regulatory challenges that make it difficult to stay ...

More and more doctors are trading their independence for a hospital paycheck. Some 55% of doctors now work for hospitals or health systems. That share has more than doubled in the last 12 ...

woman hospital From 2012 to 2022, the proportion of physicians in private practice declined from 60.1% to 46.7%, according to a survey conducted by the American Medical Association. Significant ...

With the rapid rise in consolidation from hospitals and private equity firms, the old-fashioned private medical practice, run and managed by one or two physicians, is no longer the norm. Only 42% of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Bruce Japsen writes about healthcare business and policy. The American Medical Association says the share of physicians working in ...

The percentage of physicians in private practice has continued to decline, according to the American Medical Association's (AMA) biennial Physician Practice Benchmark Survey. In 2024, 42.2% of ...

Over the past decade, independent physicians in the U.S. have become increasingly scarce as hospital systems, private equity firms and payers have acquired individual practices — a trend that ...

Physicians leaving private practice for employment has hurt patient care quality, according to a recent survey of doctors commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute. The survey polled 1,000 ...

While private practice offers more freedom, flexibility and independence, it can often be more challenging and offer less compensation and fewer resources. Twenty-one ASC experts weighed in on the ...

CEO, Atlas Surgical Group, one of the largest private ASC groups in the U.S., Author of "Success in Ambulatory Surgery Centers." The healthcare landscape has significantly changed in recent years, ...

A week ago, I received this email: “Hi Dr. Al-Agba, I am looking for a primary care doctor for a close friend who is unwilling to pay a subscription fee to their current MD. Any ideas?” My response ...