Even before the pandemic, independent physician practices were facing challenges. Beyond safeguarding the health and welfare of their patients, independent physician practices play a critical role in ...

While consolidation activity remains high throughout healthcare and within surgical specialties, cardiology is seeing recent momentum toward independent practice, due to a number of factors. According ...

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 ...

Independent physicians and practices are fast disappearing from the landscape of U.S. healthcare. But the overall question of what this means for the industry is polarizing. While some stakeholders ...

What are some of the biggest challenges for independent medical practices? A new survey by Kareo asked 782 independent practices in the U.S. about industry trends and challenges practice leaders face ...

Ty Allen is the CEO of SocialClimb, a company that offers automated patient acquisition software & predictive analytics data for healthcare. Increasing financial pressure from reimbursement issues, ...

“We're a small office and are working by ourselves and are figuring things out as we go. We are still continuing to care for our patients. We're on our own.” This quote, from our April 2020 survey of ...

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 ...

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 ...

A six-physician primary care practice in Chicago would rather fight than join. Primary Care Medical Associates (PCMA), serving the city's North Side, decided to buck the trend toward consolidation of ...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--athenahealth, Inc., a leading provider of network-enabled software and services for health care practices nationwide, today announced the company won three 2025 Best in KLAS ...