Physician Practice Management companies are gaining attention again. In 2012, kidney-care giant DaVita bought HealthCare Partners; the combined company immediately started acquiring and partnering ...

As the ASC industry faces financial squeezes, many ASCs are turning to technology as a key strategy for cost reduction and operational efficiency. Twenty-five ASC leaders and physicians spoke with ...

Physician practice management (PPM) platforms have been a staple for over a decade in their current form and are considered a mainstay of private equity’s investment in healthcare.

A recent empirical analysis of hospitals’ physician practice acquisitions and employment is the latest to suggest provider consolidation has brought an increase in prices. | Privately covered labor ...

For example, a 2014 study by the Physicians Foundation found that in 2014, only 35% of physicians described themselves as independent practice owners, down from 49% in 2012 and 62% in 2008.

Successful physician practice management companies also offer compliant, metric-based compensation and incentives. These typically involve salary, a stake in annual profits ...

Physician Partners of America LLC, a physician practice management company, denies that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Federal health care programs for medically unnecessary testing ...

Fewer than half of U.S. physicians worked in private practice during 2020, continuing a trend that has accelerated in recent years, according to a survey by the American Medical Association (AMA ...

Obstetrician and gynecologist practices acquired by physician practice management companies (PPMCs) that focus on patient and clinical management lead to significantly lower rates of C-sections.

Physician practice management. Thompson said practice management appeals to a number of graduates from UNC Charlotte's College of Health and Human Services because it presents a more well-rounded ...