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Dr. George Dickstein: Block corporate sway, but let doctors seek management services

Neil Mehta is correct that “medicine cannot owe its first allegiance to financial interests” (“The loophole that could allow another private equity debacle in Mass. health care,” Ideas, July 13). Physicians must have complete clinical autonomy, free from corporate interference. However, as Massachusetts legislators contemplate changes to state corporate practice of medicine laws, they must […]

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Dr. Gamal Wazni: Florida’s independent doctors jeopardized by recent Medicare cuts

The massive budget reconciliation bill currently making its way through Congress would, among other things, raise reimbursement for physicians under Medicare next year. That’s good news for patients. Many of their physicians have been leaving private practice, thanks in no small part to declining reimbursement from Medicare. The public program has cut pay for independent

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Interview series: Physicians in Private Practice — or not

Paul Berggreen, MD, is a gastroenterologist and president and board chair of the American Independent Medical Practice Association (AIMPA). He discusses recent findings about the current state of physicians in private practice as outlined in the Policy Research Perspectives paper, “Physician Practice Characteristics in 2024: Private Practices Account for Less Than Half of Physicians in

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Health costs quietly rise in New York State as hospitals buy more private practices

Many New Yorkers are paying more for checkups, sick visits and outpatient procedures at their longtime family doctor’s office and might not even know it. That’s because hospitals are buying private practices and then charging patients, their health insurance companies and the state Medicare system a much higher hospital rate for the same care. Read

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