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Independent practices have been in steady decline over the last two decades, as hospitals and health systems have grown in size and market influence and the cost of operations whittles away at physicians’ bottom lines. Read the full article here

Physicians may go into private practice to treat patients by fighting their diseases and illnesses. However, in the 21st century, physicians are also fighting market conditions that make it difficult for them to stay in business. Read the full article here

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

As healthcare consolidation accelerates and pay shrinks, fewer physicians are choosing private practice. Yet for some, the autonomy and entrepreneurial opportunity are worth the risk. Read more at Becker’s ASC Review

As President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts works its way through Congress, physicians and parents in the commonwealth are sounding the alarm for the potential effects it could have on Medicaid. Read more at Spectrum News 1 – Kentucky

“There’s only so much burden one doctor, one man, one woman, can take on,” says Dr. Keith Kellum, Chief Medical Officer at Baton Rouge General Hospital. Read More at WAFB-TV

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

On the front lines of health care, parts of the year 2021 were “bananas.” That’s one of the ways Wilmington-based physician Umar Bowers describes the hectic nature of that time, a period when the Omicron variant of global pandemic culprit COVID-19 swept through the U.S. Read More at WilmingtonBiz

At its annual meeting in Chicago this week, the American Medical Association warned against the corporate practice of medicine in its many forms, advising doctors to protect their autonomy and authority when taking corporate relationships. Read more on Crain’s Chicago Business

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