While many specialists are becoming employed by hospitals and health systems, orthopedic and spine surgeons are among the last hold-outs for private practice groups. According to the American Academy ...

Hospital-owned physician practices continue to grow as doctors steadily move away from private practice, citing significant financial and regulatory challenges that make it difficult to stay ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In the rapidly evolving health care landscape, orthopedic surgeons in private practice face numerous challenges ...

In the past 10 years, there has been a dramatic shift in physician practice ownership as less than half of doctors now work in private practices, according to a new analysis. Between 2012 and 2022 the ...

While physicians are increasingly opting for employed models, some are unhappy with employment and are pivoting back to private practice. According to a survey from consulting firm Bain & Co., nearly ...

Private equity gets a bad rap in health care. But some doctors see that kind of cash and consolidation as the only way for their practices to survive — and now, they’re taking that message to ...

As healthcare consolidation accelerates and pay shrinks, fewer physicians are choosing private practice. Yet for some, the autonomy and entrepreneurial opportunity are worth the risk. As healthcare ...

CEO, Atlas Surgical Group, one of the largest private ASC groups in the U.S., Author of "Success in Ambulatory Surgery Centers." The healthcare landscape has significantly changed in recent years, ...

The share of physicians working in private practices, or those wholly-owned by physicians, fell by 13% between 2012 and 2022 — from 60.1% to 46.7%, according to a survey released this week from the ...

Private equity firms appeared to target already successful hospitals, and after acquisition, reduce hospital assets for investor profit, according to two research letters. "That means that in 2 years ...

Over the past decade, independent physicians in the U.S. have become increasingly scarce as hospital systems, private equity firms and payers have acquired individual practices — a trend that ...