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 — ...

Though a far higher percentage of physicians remain in private practice than the overall rate of self-employment in the U.S. (42% of physicians versus 10% of all workers), the decline in private ...

Successful negotiation of physician employment agreements requires a careful balance of the objectives of the prospective employer with those of the prospective employee while ensuring that the ...

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 ...

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.

Hospitals are increasingly employing physicians to gain market share and integrate providers into hospital operations, creating a problem for surgery centers that depend on surgical case volume from ...

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 ...