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Physicians and medical groups

Medical groups must keep up with care transformation and an evolving landscape marked by new practice models, investors, partnership opportunities, and physicians influencing market dynamics. We research doctors, medical groups, and the physician practice landscape to illuminate what matters most in today’s rapidly shifting ambulatory market.

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Implications of the new era of physician employment

The physician landscape is shifting rapidly, marked by trends like rising corporate ownership, expanding practice opportunities, and increased autonomy. As we enter a new era of physician employment, we must understand how the impacts ripple across all industry stakeholders. Read our take to learn four key implications of this new era of employment — and understand what they mean for your organization.

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The physician workforce: 2023 data unpacked

We’ve synthesized some of the best, up-to-date data sets on providers to bring you what you need to know about the physician workforce in 2023 and what the implications are for the future. Learn key data points about the physician workforce’s demographics, employment, well-being, and turnover — and what the implications are for the future.

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3 ways to strategically deploy APPs in primary care

Advanced practice providers (APPs) are on track to outnumber physicians in primary care across the United States. Discover three distinct strategies for deploying APPs to increase access to primary care in rural markets, improve chronic disease management, and test the viability of new business ideas.

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Understand the most important trends in the physician landscape for practices and those who work with them by listening to the Radio Advisory physician playlist.

Identify key decision makers at independent medical groups.
Get inside the mind of a physician and learn six common characteristics that influence their decision-making and relationships.
Download the latest data on the physician workforce including demographics, employment, well-being, and turnover.

Make sense of the evolving medical group landscape by looking at level of autonomy versus integration, growth model, and geographic reach across five physician practice archetypes.
Corporate ownership of physician practices is growing 10 times faster than hospital employment. Health system employment isn’t going away but non-hospital funders are the primary driving force behind physician aggregation today, including health plans, private equity, and other players like superpractices.
Understand the most important forces shaping the physician and medical group landscape in our annual market scan.

Physician partnership is changing. Independent physicians have more agency and potential suitors than ever, so all prospective partners must revisit their strategy.
After agreeing on goals for partnership, pick an alignment model that specifically supports these goals.
Offering only employment is a non-starter for today’s fiercely independent physicians. Health systems and other suitors must evolve their partnership models so that they are strategic, flexible, and allow for looser affiliation with independent medical groups.

The war for physician talent will be won by those who meaningfully reduce physician burnout and improve work-life balance.
Employers of choice give their doctors meaningful autonomy, ample time, and seamless support to be both physicians and people.
Employers must track not only physician turnover but also intent to leave. About half of doctors have considered retiring early, switching employers, or leaving medicine altogether.
To support physicians, organizations must tackle burnout on two levels: ensure easy access to resources for individual emotional needs and proactively make organizational changes to prevent future burnout.
We caution against making compensation the foundation of your employee value proposition. Pay your physicians competitively and ensure that your compensation model meets five universal best practices.
A primary care physician shortage is preventable. But only if executives adopt proven workflows interventions.

To build a team-based care model that’s sustainable for the future, organizations must redesign the care team holistically, redefining the roles of all team members at once.
Advanced practice providers are a cornerstone of any team-based care strategy — especially in primary care. Deploy them autonomously to maximize ROI.
Executives can’t rely on hiring more staff to fill shortages. Instead, organizations must tap into the benefits of AI and technology to extend the clinical workforce.
Understand market dynamics shaping the state of the clinical workforce, and initiate conversations within your organization to identify ways to alleviate the burden.

Physician buy-in is more important at independent practices than other medical groups.
Organizations must craft a physician-specific communication strategy by streamlining communication channels, increasing executive visibility, and creating forums for meaningful dialogue.
Create a thoughtful change management strategy by using our tools and templates, or bring us on-site for in-person presentations to help you build support for initiatives.

To augment your growth strategy, analyze future utilization as well as 5- and 10-year projections in your market with the Market Scenario Planner.
A strong governance structure is the foundation of every successful independent medical group. Use these resources to invest in your group’s governance model.
Expanding patient access remains an evergreen priority and prerequisite for winning patient loyalty.
All organizations must embrace a coherent telehealth strategy to remain competitive.

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Decision Guide

12 technologies to address your clinical workforce challenges

Leaders are searching for new solutions to support clinicians and fill staffing gaps at their organizations in the face of clinician burnout and labor shortages. It can be daunting to identify and understand all the technologies available to address workforce challenges. These comparison charts serve as a resource for leaders to quickly index the state of workforce technology and how it can benefit their organizations.

Market Insights

3 employer archetypes in value-based care

Employers are a critical stakeholder to engage on the path toward industry-wide commercial risk. But not every employer can, or should, pursue value-based care. Additionally, value-based care isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. See how different value-based care strategies are best suited for different employer archetypes.

Expert Insight

5 mic drop moments from our live podcast at the Value-Based Care Summit

What does it take to build a value-based care enterprise? Read on for five insights (and moments you don’t want to miss) from our live podcast recording.

Field Guide

Your biggest questions about private equity investment in physician practices, answered

As private equity (PE) becomes an even more compelling capital partner for practices, our team set out to answer some of the biggest unanswered questions.

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