Physicians seek employed status to weather payment risks

Dr. Theodore Strange and his 60 physician colleagues at the University Physicians Group in New York City will soon be hospital-employed again. Across the country, physician groups are going through the same deliberate exercises that led Strange and partners to cast their lot with a bigger system.

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The goal of those of us who work directly to help physicians is to help them remain as independent as possible, however, that does not mean they will not have to look for ways where working together can bring efficiencies.