Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More and more doctors are trading their independence for a hospital paycheck. Some 55% of doctors now work for hospitals or health ...

While doctors may bemoan their employer's rules or feel they lack input into key decisions, most say the pros outweigh the cons. In fact, employed physicians say they like having a steady salary and ...

For the first time, most physicians worked outside of physician-owned practices in 2020, as doctors continue to gravitate toward employment by hospitals and other organizations, according to a new ...

Physicians are flocking to employed models — almost 70 percent of physicians reported being employed at the end of 2020, with 1 in 5 being employed by corporate entities, according to a report from ...

In 2020, less than half of doctors worked in a practice wholly owned by physicians for the first time, according to American Medical Association data. The historical shifts toward larger physician ...

Credit: Getty Images. From 2012 to 2022, the proportion of physicians in private practice declined from 60.1% to 46.7%, according to a survey conducted by the American Medical Association. Significant ...

Private practices are considered the backbone of healthcare in the U.S., but the number of independent physicians dropped 13 percentage points in the past decade. Unlike large hea ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sally Pipes is a scholar and think tank CEO who writes on health care. This article is more than 3 years old. "The independent ...

Physicians tend to start earning later than most professionals after years of training, and many carry significant student ...