Physicians in the U.S. are doing more work than ever before — but they’re getting paid less. This month, consulting firm Kaufman Hall released new research on work relative value units, or wRVUs, for ...
Paul Berggreen, MD, is a gastroenterologist based in Phoenix. He serves as president of the American Independent Medical Practice Association and chief strategy officer of GI Alliance, a nationwide ...
While consolidation activity remains high throughout healthcare and within surgical specialties, cardiology is seeing recent momentum toward independent practice, due to a number of factors. According ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Independent physician practices sit at a crossroads. After two decades of industry consolidation, most physicians now work for ...
Independent medical practices face unique challenges to keep their businesses thriving with declining healthcare reimbursements, rising costs and widespread staffing issues. The decade-long decline of ...
Declining reimbursements, uncertainties about the future and the hassles and costs of running a practice have all combined to make many of today’s physicians yearn for some sense of security. In a ...
Corporate juggernauts are coming to dominate the U.S. health care system. UnitedHealth now employs 10 percent of all physicians in the United States. Hospitals signed up more than 58,000 new physician ...
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for health care practices nationwide, today announced the company won three 2025 Best in KLAS ...
The most meaningful decisions in health care, those that impact people’s lives every day, should remain between the doctor and the patient. That principle guided me to found my own independent ...
Dr. Amy Catalano Boyer Celebrates 25+ Years in Optometry and One Year of Independent Practice Greenland, United States ...
Once again, this legislative session, advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners) will continue their quest to gain “full practice authority,” commonly referred to as “independent ...