Nearly 60% of doctors who practice as employees of hospitals and other corporate entities say that non-physician practice ownership results in lower quality patient care, per a new survey. The ...

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants have made up a greater proportion of the healthcare workforce over the last 15 years, a trend that isn’t about to change, according to new projections. The ...

This is the main story in a series examining how trends in healthcare ownership are impacting physician practice. Click here for a sidebar on what physician autonomy means today, and here for a ...

Here are eight statistics and trends showcasing how the physician practice landscape is evolving: 1. Four pharmacy benefit managers now control more than two-thirds of the market that determines which ...

I am a 69-year-old woman in good health. The large medical practice I have been going to for more years than I can count is ...

Disruption has redefined health care in the past decade. For private practice physicians, the biggest disruptor has been consolidation. The trend of local hospitals merging into massive health systems ...

These statistics were drawn from Medical Economics’ “2022 Physician Report,” an April 2022 report from healthcare consulting firm Avalere, Medical Group Management Association’s 2022 “Datadive ...

Variation in the cost, quality, and intensity of clinical services remains a challenge for health system performance in the United States. Despite increased awareness over its scope and implication, ...

Physicians with poor malpractice liability records may pose a risk to patient safety. There are long-standing concerns that such physicians tend to relocate for a fresh start, but little is known ...

Sayeh S. Nikpay ([email protected]) is an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, in Nashville, Tennessee. Michael R. Richards is an ...

Clinician-assisted interventions are better for weight loss Practice autonomy increases with physician assistants' experience level and correlates with subspecialty. SAN FRANCISCO — The more years in ...

Have you ever wondered how physicians are paid? Physician compensation (e.g. what doctors are paid) varies from setting to setting. Physicians employed by hospitals are often paid differently than ...