Independent Practice

A Duluth, Minn., family practice physician is suing Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital, also in Duluth, claiming the system’s enforcement of her noncompete blocks her from opening a private practice and harms community access to care, Duluth News Tribune reported Nov.…

Independent physician practices are rapidly disappearing as hospitals, insurers, corporate entities and private equity firms expand their reach. However, new models of practice ownership and physician leadership are helping independent physicians adapt to healthcare’s challenges.  Years of private practice decline …

Making the leap into independent practice is more high stakes than ever, as hospitals and health systems grow in size and influence and the cost of doing business narrows operating margins.  In 2024, 42.2% of physicians were working in private…

Income uncertainty is what self-employed physicians like least about their job, according to Medscape’s Self-Employed Physicians Report published  Nov. 11. Medscape surveyed 1,571 physicians between March 19 and June 3, of those physicians, 748 were self-employed. Here’s what self-employed physicians…

Private practices find themselves in challenging positions as the cost of operating medical facilities increases alongside insufficient reimbursement rates and other market pressures.  At the same time, emerging platforms and partnership models are giving physicians new avenues for maintaining their…

Compensation for employed physicians continues to rely heavily on performance-based models, with more than one-third receiving pay tied to both salary and productivity, according to Medscape’s Employed Physicians Report 2025, published Oct. 31. The report is based on a survey…

Twenty-two percent of employed physicians are unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with their autonomy at work, according to Medscape’s Employed Physicians Report 2025, published Oct. 31. The report is based on a survey of 823 employed physicians conducted between March 19…

Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health, long known for distributing pharmaceuticals and medical products, has rapidly expanded into physician services, making three major, billion-dollar acquisitions in the past two years.  The company is now positioning itself as a serious player in the…

Lakeville, Minn.-based independent practice Dillman Clinic & Lab will close, Sun This Week reported Oct. 30.  Megan Dillman, MD, an internal medicine physician and pediatrics specialists, will join Northfield Hospital Lakeville Clinic in January 2026. The hospital will support Dr.…

The physician practice management sector has seen 367 total transactions since January, according to an Oct. 29 article in JDSupra by Nashville, Tenn.-based law firm Bass, Berry & Sims.  Here are eight things to know: 1. About 130 PPM deals…