2025 was a banner year for physician practice consolidation, with the physician practice management sector seeing 367 transactions through the first three quarters of the year. Private equity remained the main driver of deal activity. Through September, PE firms or…
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Conshohocken, Pa.-based pharmaceutical company Cencora plans to acquire the majority of the outstanding equity interests it does not currently own in OneOncology from TPG for approximately $3.6 billion, according to a Dec. 15 press release. OneOncology is a physician-led platform…
Independent physicians have faced an uphill battle for decades as reimbursement rates decline below the cost of running a practice and persistent administrative burdens continue to wear physicians’ patience thin. David Eagle, MD, president of the American Independent Medical Practice…
With physician shortages expected to persist into 2026, GI Partners of Illinois is betting on AI, practice acquisitions and expanded advanced practice provider clinics to keep pace with demand. COO Dr. Geogy Vennikandam joined Becker’s to discuss how the Chicago-based…
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.…
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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…