While not new, the pace of hospital employment of physicians has quickened in many communities, driven largely by hospitals’ quest to increase market share and revenue, according to a study released ...

Physicians are steadily trading independence for employment as financial, regulatory and operational pressures mount across the healthcare landscape. From shrinking reimbursement and rising overhead ...

After years of steady migration into hospital employment, some physicians are beginning to reconsider whether the security of a paycheck is worth the trade-offs. For Joshua Siegel, MD, director of ...

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 — ...

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 ...