Becker's Healthcare December 17, 2024
Physician autonomy is a central concern for physicians and physician leaders heading into 2025, as just 44% of physicians owned their own practice in 2022, compared with 76% in the early 1980s, according to the American Medical Association.
Around 61% of employed physicians said they have moderate or no autonomy to make referrals outside of their practice or ownership system, and 47% said they adjust patient treatment options to reduce costs based on practice policies or incentives, according to a survey from NORC at the University of Chicago.
“This one factor makes physicians vulnerable to the whims of large corporations,” Loay Kabbani, MD, a vascular surgery specialist at Detroit-based Henry Ford Health, told Becker’s. “As physicians become more...
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