Becker's Healthcare November 6, 2024
Francesca Mathewes

As consolidation continues to grow throughout healthcare and the future of independent practice becomes more uncertain, here are four physicians innovating the field with new business models and approaches to practice development:

1. Benjamin Stein, MD, an independent orthopedic surgeon, co-founded and chairs ASC development group Capital Surgical Solutions. He pursued independence after observing changes in a former employer’s organization following an acquisition by a larger company.

His company’s first ASC, the Capital Orthopedic Surgery Center in Germantown, Md., which opened more than four year ago, continues to see positive outcomes through its 12 “independent, busy, value-oriented orthopedic surgeons and a strong focus on joint replacements.”

2. Susan Baumgaertel, MD, an internal medicine physician in Seattle, started her own multifaceted...

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