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 ...

Though a far higher percentage of physicians remain in private practice than the overall rate of self-employment in the U.S. (42% of physicians versus 10% of all workers), the decline in private ...

The most influential factor for physicians in deciding to sell off private practices to either hospitals or private equity companies in 2024 was the ability to better negotiate higher payment rates ...

There is a dangerous trend underway in American healthcare: The death of the private practice doctor’s office. This is a deliberate trend driven primarily by federal policymakers, and it does not bode ...

The percentage of physicians in private practice has continued to decline, according to the American Medical Association's (AMA) biennial Physician Practice Benchmark Survey. In 2024, 42.2% of ...

When Drew Ratner, MD, opened American Orthopedics in Greenville, S.C., on Oct. 14, he said he expected to see only a few patients a day in its first week. His practice saw more than 60 patients in its ...