Why hospitals shouldn’t own physician practices: 6 key reasons

Over the past two decades, hospital systems have increasingly acquired physician practices, arguing that integration improves care coordination, lowers costs, and stabilizes struggling practices. In reality, this consolidation has often produced the opposite effect: higher costs, reduced physician autonomy, diminished innovation, and care that is less responsive to patients’ needs. While hospitals and physicians must

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Why hospitals shouldn’t own physician practices: 6 key reasons originally appeared in KevinMD.com.

 

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