Becker's Healthcare December 7, 2023
Despite current trends, some physicians say private practice isn’t going anywhere.
Physicians are less likely to work in private practice now than they were 10 years ago, according to an analysis of physician practice agreements from the American Medical Association. However, physicians who continue to practice privately still see the value in doing so.
“I’m a direct primary care family physician, and our future looks great,” James Tinsley, MD, family physician at Lighthouse Direct Primary Care in Newport News, Va., told Becker’s. “I opened my practice in 2019, six months before COVID-19. We were the first direct primary care practice in our area. There are four now. Even with the laws against free market medicine … we are still...