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 — ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Hospitals are increasingly employing physicians to gain market share and integrate providers into hospital operations, creating a problem for surgery centers that depend on surgical case volume from ...

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 ...