Paul Berggreen, MD, is a gastroenterologist based in Phoenix. He serves as president of the American Independent Medical Practice Association and chief strategy officer of GI Alliance, a nationwide ...

Here are 10 notes on the growing surge of physicians looking to start or join independent practices: 1. Consulting firm Bain & Co. recently released its “Frontline of Health Survey” in an October blog ...

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 ...

Physicians in the U.S. are doing more work than ever before — but they’re getting paid less. This month, consulting firm Kaufman Hall released new research on work relative value units, or wRVUs, for ...

Declining reimbursements, uncertainties about the future and the hassles and costs of running a practice have all combined to make many of today’s physicians yearn for some sense of security. In a ...