Op-Ed

As a physician in private practice, I’ve been called a throwback. Most doctors today work for large hospitals or health systems. That’s not my vision, nor do I think it’s the future of medicine. My partners and I see our oncology practice as an example of how to provide patient-focused care built on deeper, more […]

Hospitals are snapping up physician practices. Between 2019 and 2022, they acquired nearly 5,000 of them. More than half of doctors nationwide now work for hospitals and health systems. My colleagues and I do not want to capitulate to such hospital-driven consolidation, and we’re confident our patients don’t want more care driven into the hospital

Hospitals have been on a shopping spree. In the last two years, they’ve acquired nearly 3,000 physician practices, according to new research from the Physicians Advocacy Institute. Some physicians — myself included — prefer to remain independent. We have found that only in an independent setting can we deliver the kind of patient-centered care that drew

Running an independent physician practice, once the norm for doctors, has become increasingly difficult. The problem isn’t medical. It’s the growing operational and financial burden independent practices face. Read the full article at Colorado Politics

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 employees and acquired nearly 5,000 private practices between 2019 and the end of 2021. Amazon and CVS are investing heavily in adding doctors to

More than 100,000 doctors have left private practice and become employees of hospitals and other corporate entities since 2019. Today, nearly three in four physicians are employees of larger health care entities or other corporations — a record high. Read the full article at STAT News