McCann is a Ph.D. candidate in health services and policy research at Boston University School of Public Health. Walensky is an executive fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and at the ...

Almost half of all primary care physicians are affiliated with hospitals, and an increasing number of physician practices are being acquired and consolidated by private equity firms, according to a ...

Fewer doctors are employed by independent physician practices as offices are acquired by health systems, insurers, private equity firms and other companies, according to a review of studies published ...

This is the main story in a series examining how trends in healthcare ownership are impacting physician practice. Click here for a sidebar on what physician autonomy means today, and here for a ...

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 ...

Disruption has redefined health care in the past decade. For private practice physicians, the biggest disruptor has been consolidation. The trend of local hospitals merging into massive health systems ...

These statistics were drawn from Medical Economics’ “2022 Physician Report,” an April 2022 report from healthcare consulting firm Avalere, Medical Group Management Association’s 2022 “Datadive ...