In response to a myriad of pressures, many hospitals once again have chosen to hire their own physicians. Although not a prime target, hospital medicine, still coming into its own as a medical ...

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 ...

“The most dangerous thing for an entrepreneur to do is to actually go into a business that he does not understand fully.” Something interesting seems to be happening. Amid the disruptions and ...

This commentary examines pressures driving cardiology consolidation, the risks of private equity, and strategies to sustain independent practice while ensuring patient-centered, cost-effective ...

Missing from state and national discussion about the impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and small businesses is discussion of the impact on smaller independent primary care practices and how to aid them.

The gap between what employed and independent physicians take home is narrowing in some places, inverting in others, and obscured by overhead, ancillary revenue and the compounding cost of running an ...

Some industry experts think independent physician practices are about to go the way of the dinosaur and eight track tapes. Recent studies say only 1 in 3 will remain in private practice by the end of ...

The advanced practice registered nurses (nurse practitioners) are again at the legislature seeking independent practice. Currently an APRN with prescription authority must have a collaborative ...