And under RVU-based models, even routine time off becomes risky. Vacation, continuing medical education, or parental leave ...

Through market observation it can be seen that there is a strong reemergence of physician employment by hospitals and health systems. The strategic logic for this reemergence is similar to the past — ...

As your residency or fellowship wraps up, the job search begins in earnest. After years of racking up medical school debt and ...

The decadelong decline of independent physicians rolled on in 2022 and 2023 with a new high of 77.6% doctors employed by hospitals or other corporate entities as of the new year, according to a new ...

About 77% of physicians have moved away from independent settings and into employment by hospital or health systems. But recent developments indicate that some may be reconsidering their independence.

About 77% of physicians have moved away from independent settings, opting for employment by hospitals or health systems — and nine healthcare leaders joined Becker’s to discuss where these physicians ...

There are almost 1.1 million licensed physicians in the United States. That may sound like a lot, but the country has ...

A recent empirical analysis of hospitals’ physician practice acquisitions and employment is the latest to suggest provider consolidation has brought an increase in prices. The working paper analysis, ...

Physician employment at hospitals is steadily growing, and is expected to reach unprecedented levels in the coming years. A study by Accenture, for example, estimates that only 33 percent of ...

This study found no evidence that hospital employment of physicians resulted in physicians treating sicker patients, undercutting claims that hospital-employed physicians serve a higher-acuity patient ...