Medical Economics October 21, 2023
AIMPA launches this week to advocate for specialists contending ‘consolidation has not led to better care or lower costs for patients.’
Despite growth of huge health systems and consolidation in health care, there still are independent physicians – and a new organization aims to unify them.
The American Independent Medical Practice Association (AIMPA) launched this week with almost 5,000 physicians in 200 practices collectively treating 10 million patients around the country. AIMPA’s goal: to be “the first national, multispecialty advocacy organization focused exclusively on promoting and protecting the high-quality, cost-efficient care furnished in independent medical practices.”
“Big hospital chains have increasingly acquired physician practices over the past two decades – and contrary to hospital executives’ promises, that consolidation has not...
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