Community influences decision to stay autonomous

To understand our position against joining a private equity-backed platform at this time, we must start with the basics — and that means considering our local situation.We are a six-physician, single-specialty gastroenterology practice with providers of an average age of 42 years. We work in a small urban and semi-rural market with a cohesive community of independent physicians and a cooperative relationship with the dominant hospital system. The average time horizon for our partners is more than 20 years. Although we have many of the same concerns as most other independent medicalRead More