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Heart docs leave practices for hospital employment, transform care
Shrinking insurance payments and rising costs of running a business have pushed an increasing number of cardiologists to leave private practice and work at hospitals, according to an analysis by the
Docs deterred from accelerating employment business
With goals in increasing market share and revenue, hospitals increasingly are employing physicians. However, employment models don't necessarily mean support from physicians or clinical integration,
Hospitals woo private-practice PCPs into employed hospitalist roles
Hospitals are luring primary care physicians away from their private practices to instead work as employed physicians of hospitals, reports The Washington Post. Health systems, including Inova Health
Physicians leaving practices for health system employment
By 2013, less than a third of physicians will be in private practice, electing instead for employment with larger health systems, according to a new report released today by management consulting
Private practice is still worthwhile
When I finished my residency almost 20 years ago, everyone in medicine warned that HMOs would be the end of private practice medicine. Twenty years ago, like today, government reform of healthcare
Travel medicine brings cash to private practice
It's a tough world out there for private practice physicians. I know this because I am one of them. In my own three-partner group, here are some of the realities we face:
Declining
What's your game plan for 2011?
Exactly six months ago (just after the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was signed into law) my first editorial for FiercePracticeManagement probed a question I've nearing for nearly a
Blast from the past: Pediatrician's house call business is booming
While house calls may be considered old-fashioned by some standards, it's the only way Dr. Edward Kulich does business, according to a Wall Street Journal profile. For Kulich, who left his typical
Some physicians say charging patients extra fees is necessary to survive
A growing number of doctors across the country are asking patients to pay extra fees for services insurance doesn't cover, such as no-show fees of $30 to $50 for missed appointments, varying charges
Private practice doctors earn more than those in academic settings, MGMA finds
Doctors involved in private practice earn more money per year than their academic counterparts, according to a new Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey. From 2005 to 2009, pay for
