Becker's Healthcare March 10, 2025
The number of independent physicians has been on a steady decline — around 108,700 physicians left private practice for employment between 2019 and 2021, according to a report from Avalere.
Declining reimbursements, skyrocketing operating costs and rising medical debt are just a few of the reasons physicians are finding it harder to remain independent.
Six physicians joined Becker’s to discuss how physicians can sustain themselves long term.
Question: As reimbursement rates fail to keep pace with rising practice costs, how can physician practices sustain themselves long term?
Daniel Del Gaizo, MD. Orthopedic Surgeon at BOSS Orthopaedics—Hilton Head (S.C.): Reimbursement rates have been falling for as long as I have been in medicine. Physician practices should expect more...
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