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 ...

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 ...

The most meaningful decisions in health care, those that impact people’s lives every day, should remain between the doctor and the patient. That principle guided me to found my own independent ...