Direct primary care is one of several new models for independent practice being explored by physicians in 2025, but for many physicians, the exact definition of DPC still remains unclear. Here are 12 notes on what DPC is and how…
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May Lau, MD, a physician specializing in adolescent medicine, has chosen to surrender her Texas medical license and move her practice to Oregon after being sued by Attorney General Ken Paxton over allegations that she illegally provided gender-affirming care to…
Physician consolidation is accelerating across hospitals, payers and private equity groups, reshaping how and where physicians practice. Here are 10 statistics from studies and reports released in the last four months about the rise of physician consolidation: 1. In 2024,…
A physician group and physician have filed a lawsuit alleging that West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health enacted anti-competitive policies that effectively bar independent physicians from treating their own patients at RWJB hospitals, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. East…
Physician ownership has been on the decline in recent years — as of 2024, just 42.4% of physicians work in private practice, down from 60.1% in 2012, according to the American Medical Association’s Physician Practice Benchmark Survey. Physicians have largely…
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As consolidation pressure mount and contract pressures continue to eat away at practices’ bottom line, several new trends have emerged that are shaping the fate of private practices. 1. The rise of risk-based models The rise of new models of…
Private practice has been in steady decline over the last 10 years as financial pressures and administrative burdens make it more difficult for non-corporate organizations to survive. Marketing is another struggle faced by private practice, according to a Sept. 15…
Healthcare technology start-up Meroka, which helps independent physician teams through a platform that supports practice operations, has launched with $6 million in seed funding. The seed round was led by Better Tomorrow Ventures and Slow Ventures, with participation from 8VC…
Independent practice has been shrinking over the last 20 years as hospitals, health systems and corporate entities continue their rapid growth while high operational costs and sinking reimbursements complicate the finances behind practice survival. In 2024, 42.2% of physicians were…
The consolidation of independent physicians into hospitals, health systems and corporate entities has been intensifying over the past 20 years. According to a study published in July by the National Bureau of Economic Research, which analyzed hospital acquisitions of physician…