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Does independent medical practice have a future?

Medical Economics
(November 18, 2025)

The landscape of health care is changing rapidly, driven by policy decisions, market consolidation and shifting expectations for physicians.

Independent practices are increasingly caught in the middle.

Payment pressure is tightening, administrative demands are accelerating and the competitive landscape is shifting as health systems, private equity and new care models all re-position. Yet, across the country, physicians are also re-examining what ownership means — and whether independence may once again offer the balance, autonomy and patient relationships that many feel are slipping away.

View the article at Medical Economics

About the American Independent Medical Practice Association

The American Independent Medical Practice Association is a physician-led national advocacy organization representing more than 600 independent medical practices that provide quality, affordable health care for more than 25 million patients each year.

These independent practices are critical access points for health care across the country — at more than 4,200 medical office locations and over 575 independent ambulatory surgery centers in 46 states and the District of Columbia.

We advocate on behalf of more than 12,000 physicians caring for patients in the fields of Primary Care and Internal Medicine as well as the specialties of Cardiology, Dermatology, Gastroenterology, Hematology/Medical Oncology, Nephrology, Neurosurgery, Ophthalmology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Otolaryngology, Radiation Oncology, Urology, Urgent Care, Vascular Medicine, and Women’s Health.

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