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 — ...

Since the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, our industry has begun a transformation of the way healthcare is delivered in order to improve the quality of care while ...

Independent physicians are becoming increasingly rare, with just 30% of U.S physicians practicing medicine independently as the year began, according to a new analysis from Avalere for the Physicians ...

As physicians continue to trend towards an employment model, the employment agreements physicians are asked to sign by hiring practices and facilities are likewise becoming increasingly standardized ...

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 ...

Hospitals that hire physicians don't necessarily see a direct correlation to improved quality of care. While more hospitals switch to employment-based affiliations with physicians, an analysis ...

Physician employment in hospitals has grown since 2007, as part of a greater strategy for hospital-physician alignment and increased service-line profits, according to a May report released by policy ...

More hospitals are switching to employment-based affiliations with physicians, but a recent analysis found no association between conversion to an employment model and changes in mortality, ...