More and more doctors are trading their independence for a hospital paycheck. Some 55% of doctors now work for hospitals or health systems. That share has more than doubled in the last 12 ...

An initiative by insurance companies to reduce high-cost doctor visits could cause physicians to abandon private practice and work for big hospital chains, independent practitioners are warning.

Who owns your doctor’s office? More and more often nowadays, the answer is a private equity firm — a type of investment fund that buys, restructures, and resells companies. Over the last decade, ...

Rep. Greg Murphy (R-N.C.) worries that if nothing is done to curb Medicare payment cuts to physicians, doctors will no longer be able to afford to run their own private practices. “We’re at a crucible ...

Every one of Washington’s 39 counties is now designated at least a partial “health professional shortage area” by the federal government, meaning there aren’t enough doctors overall, or in certain ...

Hundreds of current and former VA doctors, nurses and other caregivers have issued a warning to the Department of Veterans ...