Becker's Physician Leadership

“Independent” has become one of the most loaded words in physician practice. As hospitals, health systems and private equity firms have absorbed practices over the past two decades, the label has come to signal a practice that has stayed outside…

Health systems want physicians to be more productive, and physicians want to be paid fairly for the work they do.  Somewhere between those two goals, many compensation models break down — either rewarding volume at the expense of everything else…

Providence, R.I.-based Brown Health Medical Group Primary Care introduced Primary Care Select, a membership-based primary care service in Cranston, R.I. The service is accepting members ages 18 and older for an annual out-of-pocket fee of $2,400, according to an Oct.…

Physician practice deals drew pushback this year from regulators, lawmakers and researchers. Here are five controversies that shaped the conversation: 1. USAP settles FTC roll-up case. On April 23, the FTC announced an agreement in principle with Houston-based U.S. Anesthesia…

Just 10% of the physician and advanced practitioner search engagements AMN Healthcare conducted took place in communities of 100,000 or more, down from 70% a year earlier, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from the healthcare staffing firm. The…

As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters.  Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…