Physicians Advocacy Institute
This report garnered significant media attention, with the study findings and/or PAI spokespeople cited in the following news stories:
Updated: March 2019
Healthcare Dive: Physician Practices Not Flocking To CPC+
Healthcare Finance: 2018 MACRA Rule Continues Pick-Your-Pace, Will Exempt Even More Clinicians (Updated)
Modern Healthcare: CMS Looks To Study MIPS Burdens On Clinicians
Modern Healthcare: Physician Practices Skip Round Two Of Primary-Care Payment Model
Advisory Board: The Highest-Paid Doctors, Charted
American Antitrust Institute: Consolidation In Provider And Insurer Markets: Enforcement Issues And Priorities
American Journal of Managed Care: Hospital Acquisition Of Independent Physician Practices Continues To Increase
American Journal of Managed Care: This Week In Managed Care: March 23, 2018
Anesthesia Experts: No Slowdown In Consolidation Trend: Hospitals Acquire 5,000 Independent Practices In 1 Year
BDC Advisors: Building A Magnet Physician Enterprise: A Critical Health System Priority In The Value Market
Becker’s ASC Review: Health Systems Acquire 5K Independent Practices During 2015-16
Becker’s Hospital Review: Hospitals Employed 42% Of Physicians In 2016: 5 Study Findings
Benchmark International: A Healthy Pipeline Of Deals: M&A Transactions In The Healthcare Industry
Chicago Medicine: Feel Like Selling Your Practice? You’re Not Alone
Connecticut Medicine: Keep The Science, Eliminate The Burden
Crain’s Health Pulse Extra: March 22, 2018
Dark Daily: First Time Ever: Less Than Half Of All Healthcare Practices In America Are Physician Owned—Are Doctors Giving Up Their Independence And Will Independent Clinical Laboratories Lose Test Orders To Hospital Labs?
Dark Daily: Unitedhealth Group Soon To Be Largest Employer Of Doctors In The US; Clinical Laboratory Outreach More Critical Than Ever Before
Darwin Research Group: Physicians Increasingly Employed By Health Systems
Financial Management Conference & Expo
Fierce Healthcare: Hospitals Are Buying Up Physician Practices At A Record Pace
Fierce Healthcare: No Slowdown In Consolidation Trend: Hospitals Acquire 5,000 Independent Practices In 1 Year
Forbes: Humana Rebrands Clinics Amid Doctor Buyout Wave
Groupdentistrynow.Com: Changing Demographics And Economics Are Leading To A Seismic Shift In How Dental Practices Operate, As Fewer Dentists Run Their Own Business
Healthcare Dive: Hospitals Acquired 5K Physician Practices In 1-Year Period
Healthcare Growth Partners: EMR Consolidation – The Haves And The Have-Nots
Healthcare Weekly: Caring For Patients Outside Hospitals – A Healthcare Network In Illinois Is Getting A Makeover
Lancasteronline: Lancaster Neuroscience & Spine Associates Will Join Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health
Lancasteronline: Lancaster Physicians For Women Joins Lancaster General Health Physicians
Lancasteronline: Leola Family Health Center Joins Lancaster General Health Physicians
LUGPA: Site Neutral Payments: Leveling The Playing Field Between Independent Practices And Hospitals
LVB.Com: As Networks Gobble Up Practices, Independent Doctors Fight To Survive
Managed Care: Hospital Ownership Of Doc Practices Continues To Grow
Medscape: Analysis Shows Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Growing Rapidly
Modern Healthcare: As Independent Doc Groups Dwindle, Wilmington Health Bucks The Trend
Modern Healthcare: Rapid Rise In Hospital-Employed Physicians Increases Costs (Also appears in: Shield HealthCare)
Modern Health: Physician Pay Increases May Be Slowing (Also appears in: North Coast Association of Health Underwriters)
Newsday: Economics, Demographics Lead Fewer LI Dentists To Own Their Businesses
News & Observer: Raleigh Pediatric Practice Joins UNC Health’s Network. That’s Bad News For Some Families
Nuemd: As More Hospitals Buy Practices, Now Might Be A Good Time To Sell
Revcycle Intelligence: Healthcare Mergers, Increased Access To Boost Medical Costs 6%
Revcycle Intelligence: How Hospital Merger And Acquisition Activity Is Changing Healthcare
Sg2: Hospitals Continue Acquiring Physician Practices At Rapid Pace
Twin Cities Business: Hospital Appetite For Physician Practices Is Waning
Voter Voice: PAI-Avalere Health Release Updated Research Showing Continued Trend In Hospital Employment Of Physicians
WFAE All Things Considered: Doctors Leaving Atrium Buck The National Trend Of Groups Joining Hospitals (Also appears in: HenryKotula.com)
Authentic Medicine: Hospital Employed Physicians Increase Costs?
Becker’s ASC Review: Colonoscopies In Hopds Cost Medicare 164% More Than Physician-Owned Offices (Also appears in: MTI)
Becker’s Hospital Review: 49% Increase In Hospital-Employed Physicians Linked To $3.1B In Medicare Costs, Study Finds
Best Unimed: Check Out The Top Ten News Events Of The 2016 China Doctor Group! (Translation courtesy: Google Translate)
Capsules QW: Member News & Information
Careline: Hospital-Employed Physicians Drain Medicare (Also appears in: Free Republic)
The Charlotte Observer: As Nearly 100 Doctors Abandon Atrium Health, Some Experts See The Start Of A Trend
Colorado Medical Society: Physician Payment
Digestive Health Physicians Association: Comments To RIN 0991-ZA49
Erdman: The Future Of Demand For Hospitals: A Strategic Perspective
Health Law Handbook (Pre Publication Draft): Lessons Learned From Leasing: A Blueprint For Hospital-Physician Alignment
Healthcare Dive: Hospital-Employed Physicians Create More Medicare Costs
Healthcare Purchasing News: Study Says Medicare Paid More For HOPD Versus Independent Physicians Offices For 4 Procedures
Illinois Cancer Specialists: Letter To Congressman Peter Roskam
Lehigh Valley Live: Blue Mountain-St. Luke's Merger Will Drive Up Costs
Medical Association of Georgia Journal: Healthcare Delivery Consolidation: What It Means For Physicians
Medpage Today: Hospital Consolidation Drives Up Medicare Costs, Study Finds
Medscape: Hospital-Employed Physicians Cost Medicaid More, Study Says (Also appears in: Denmark.ibuzzworld.com)
Modern Healthcare: Hospital-Employed Physicians Drain Medicare (Also appears in: Mother Health Care)
Modern Healthcare: Physicians Decry Consequences Of Consolidation
Modern Healthcare: Reigniting The Physicians Arms Race, Insurers Are Buying Practices
New York State Hamaspik Association: More Medicare Costs Created By Hospital-Employed Physicians
Newsday: Dental Group To Acquire 3 More Independent Practices On LI
Northeast Indiana Citizens For Healthcare Excellence: Hospital-Employed Physicians Drain Medicare
Orlando Medical News: Time For The Florida Senate To Deliver Surgical Savings To Floridians
Patient Daily: Rising Number Of Doctors Employed By Hospitals Leading To Higher Medicare Costs, Study Shows
Physicians News Network: Study: Growing Number Of Employed Physicians Driving Higher Medicare Costs (Also appears in: Partners for Truth in Health Care, Ambulatory Surgery Center Association)
Practicing Physicians of America: Saving America From The Four Horsemen Of Health Care
Psychu: Health System/Insurer Combos Gain Steam—& More To Come With ACO Changes
Psychu: U.S. National Health Spending Grew At A Rate Of 3.9% In 2017
Revcycle Intelligence: Hospitals Acquired 5K Independent Practices From 2015 To 2016
Revcycle Intelligence: Medicare Spends $3.1B More On Hospital-Employed Physicians
South African Medical Association: In Respect Of The HMI Provisional Report (5 July 2018)
Stopcoloncancernow.Com: Ascs Offer Significant Savings For Colonoscopies
The Alliance for Site Neutral Payment Reform: Physicians Advocacy Institute: Implications Of Hospital Employment Of Physicians On Medicare & Beneficiaries
The U.S. Oncology Network Health Policy Report: Physicians Advocacy Institute Study Examines Hospital Employment of Physicians
ValueBasedCare360.com: Report: Physician Employment by Hospitals Costs Billions
Advance Healthcare Network: Hospital Ownership of Physician Practices Increases
American Hospital Association Resource Center Blog: Physician Practice Acquisition And Employment Trends
American Journal of Managed Care: Physician Practices In Rural Areas Being Acquired By Hospitals At Dramatic Rate (Also appears in: Community Oncology Alliance)
Becker’s Hospital Review: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Up 86% (Also appears in H2R Minutes)
Becker’s Hospital Review: Your Hospital's Medical Staff Bylaws May Be Creating Undue Medical Staff Burden — Here's Why
California Association of Neurological Surgeons: Hospital Ownership Of Medical Practices Balloons
CN Healthcare: US Hospital Acquires 31,000 Physicians Group in 3 Years (Translation courtesy: Google Translate)
Concierge Medicine Today: Hospital Ownership Of Medical Practices Grows By 86% In Three Years
Corporate Finance Associates: Healthcare M&A
DAS Health: Patients Pay The Price When Hospital Giants Hire Your Private Practitioner
Diagnostic Imaging Services: Hospital Employment Of Doctors Rising Rapidly (Also appears in: Harlee Medical Technologies Inc.)
Digestive Physicians Health Association: Testimony of Dr. Michael Weinstein
Fierce Healthcare: 1 In 4 Practices Now Hospital-Owned (Also appears in: Medical Practice Improvement News)
FMG Leading: Turning Great Doctors Into Great Leaders
Forbes: Surprise Medical Bills: A Growing Problem Requiring Price Transparency
Global 1: Study: Growing Number Of Employed Physicians Driving Higher Medicare Costs
Hartford Business: Study: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Rises 86% In Three Years
Hcpro: Provider-Based Entities: A Guide To Regulatory And Billing Compliance, Second Edition
Health System Management: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Increases
Healthcare Dive: AMA: Share Of Doctor-Owned Practices Drops Below 50%
Healthcare Dive: Jonathan Bush On Athenahealth's Next Steps – And Why Doctors Should Get On Board
Healthcare Dive: Surge In Hospital-Owned Physician Practices Poised To Increase Healthcare Costs
Healthcare Finance: Gallery: Percentage Of Hospital-Employed Physicians On The Rise; Many Leaving Private Practices
Healthexec: Hospitals Now Own 1 In 4 Physician Practices (Also appears in: The Hospital Leader)
HealthLeaders: Number Of Hospital-employed Physicians Up 50% Since 2012
Healthlink Dimensions: More Doctors Are Becoming Employees: How Marketers Can Adapt
Independent Institute: Doctors Leaving Private Practice for Hospitals
Kaiser Health News: Guess Who Pays The Price When Hospital Giants Hire Your Private Practitioner? (Also appears in: Chicago Tribune, CNN, MedCity News, Cambridge Management Group, Louisiana Health Insurance Exchange)
Liberty Blitzkrieg: Student Loans And Healthcare – Two Issues That Will Define American Politics Going Forward
LinkedIn: Physician Practice Acquisitions
Los Angeles Times: Patients Pay The Price When Hospital Giants Buy Up Independent Doctor Practices
Lund Report: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Increases Nearly 90 Percent In Three Years
Market Watch: This Increasingly Common Hidden Fee Is A Nasty Surprise On Medical Bills
Mckesson: The Business Of Health Care November 2016
Md Edge: Growth In Hospital-Employed Physicians Shows No Signs Of Slowing
Md News: Weight A Barrier To Thorough Medical Care?
Medical Economics: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices On The Rise
Medical Society Of The District Of Columbia: Hospital Ownership Of Physician Practices Increases Nearly 90% In 3 Years
Medscape: Hospital Employment Of Doctors Rising Rapidly
Minnesota Hospital Association: Session #14: Understanding The Differences Of A County, City Or District Hospital
Modern Healthcare: Hospital Ownership Of Medical Practices Grows By 86% In Three Years (Also appears in: GZHPHB, Kaiser Health News, Medicalexecutivepost.com)
Morning Call: Study Shows Hospitals Are Gobbling Up Doctors’ Offices
Newsday: Allied Physicians Group Names Kerry Frommer Fierstein CEO
Newsday: Doctor Dilemma: Independence Or Health System
North Bay Business Journal: Private-Practice Physicians Shift To Groups As Health Care Administrative Burdens Rise
OEIS Fourth Annual National Scientific Meeting: Value-Based Vascular Care: What’s It Gonna Take?
Peoplesolutions: Hospitals Employing Higher Number Of Doctors As Acquisition Of Practices Grows
Phoenix Business Journal: Arizona Hospitals Are Gobbling Up Physician Practices At Rapid Rate
Phrma: 340B Spotlight: Trends In Shifting Site Of Care
PONDER: HFMA Midsouth Institute: Mergers & Acquisitions: What To Expect
Read01.com: Doctors’ Group Changes To Medical Groups, Synchronizing Trends In China And The United States (Translation courtesy: Google Translate)
Renal & Urology News: To Divest Or Not To Divest Your Physician Practice?
Report on Medicare Compliance: OPPS Rule: Provider-Based Space May Bill For New Services; CMS Offers New Method
Revcycle Intelligence: Doctors To HHS: Level The Playing Field For Independent Practices
S&P Global: Hospital Clinics Could Face Payment Cuts Under Trump Drug Plan
Staff Care: 6 Trends Affecting Physician Jobs: Where Will You Work?
Texas Medical Association: Is Congress Doing Enough To Protect Physician Practices
The Alliance for Site Neutral Payment Reform: Physician Practice Acquisition Study: National And Regional Employment Changes, September 2016
Tian Jian: Doctors Group Changes To Medical Group, Simultaneous Sino-U.S. Trends (Translation courtesy: Google Translate)
U.S. Health Policy Gateway: Changes In Physician Practice Models
Valuing Professional Practices And Licenses
Wolters Kluwer: Hospital-Owned Physician Practices Continue To Grow, But Integration Has Issues
American Council on Science and Health: Location, Location, Location
Appraisal Economics: The Valuation Of Medical Practices
CNBC: There Are Better Prices For Health Care—Know Where To Look
Community Oncology Alliance: POHMS Spring Conference Presentation
Community Oncology Alliance: The Cost Drivers Of Cancer Care
Digestive Health Network, Inc.: Comprehensive Colonoscopy Advanced Alternative Payment Model For Colorectal Cancer Screening, Diagnosis And Surveillance
Health Leaders Media: Medicare Payments Higher At Hopds Than Ascs, Doc Officers
Healthcare Dive: Study Challenges Medicare Payment Differential For Outpatient Settings
Hill: Savings To Medicare At Stake As ‘Site Neutral’ Discussions Continue
Hill: Unequal Medicare Payments Fuel Health Care Consolidation Trends
Journal Of Health Care Finance: Site-Neutrality Among Medical Payments Can Foster Site-Specificity Among Medical Procedures
Market Watch: Price Your Colonoscopy Like You Would A TV
Medical Association of Georgia: Update
Medical Society Of New Jersey: Physician Practice Based Services Less Costly Than Hospital Outpatient Department
Medical Society, State of New York: Email
Medically Sound: Hospitals Own More Physician Practices
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center: Hospital Outpatient Versus Physician Office Cost For Physician Administered Cancer Drugs
Modern Healthcare: Blog: Doctors Say Medicare Pays Three Times More For Care At Hospital Outpatient Departments (Also appears in: Stone Hill National)
North Carolina Medical Journal: A Sea Change In Medicine: Current Shifts In The Delivery And Payment Of Medical Care
North Carolina Medical Society: PAI Report Outlines Payment Differentials Across Outpatient Settings
Overcharged: Why Americans Pay Too Much for Health Care
Texas Medical Association: PAI Backs Medicare Move Toward Site-Neutral Payments
The Alliance for Site Neutral Payment Reform: Medicare Payment Differentials Across Outpatient Settings Of Care, Avalere, February 2016
Wolf Street: How Opaque Healthcare Pricing Mechanisms Rip Off Consumers (Also appears in: Global Glass Onion)
Zhuanlan: When Chinese Doctors Are Rebellious As Children, American Doctors Are Turning Their Backs (Also appears in: GetIt01.com, ifun01.com) (Translation courtesy: Google Translate)
