Only 13% of physicians said the financial state of their practice was better than it was a year ago in Medical Economics’ Best of 2025 report, a compilation of physician practice statistics from throughout 2025, published Dec. 29.
Among those who said their practices’ finances had improved, physicians said the following reasons were contributing factors:
- Seeing more patients: 32%
- Addition of ancillary services: 32%
- Receiving pay-for-performance incentives: 24%
- Renegotiated payer contracts: 20%
- Increased revenue from telemedicine/virtual visits/remote patient monitoring: 16%
- Change in practice model: 12%
- AI tools increased practice efficiency: 8%
