#18 Is the Independent Physician a Dinosaur? [Pediatric Practice Management AwesomeCast]

Not too long ago, you couldn’t avoid reading in the media about how the independent doctors  were becoming extinct. Pundits and experts in the field stressed that if independent doctors, those that own their own practice, didn’t join, sell, merge or retire all together, they were going to walk the same path as travel agents, video stores and mom-and-pop own book stores. I’ve subscribed to a different thought. I’m crazy enough to believe that there will always be a place for the small independent practice. Sure, practices will have to adjust, figure out new ways to meet the demands (just like any other business) of a changing healthcare landscape. But I’ve argued that even though travel agents aren’t around anymore, airlines, hotels and car rental companies are. Even though video stores are a thing of the past, Hollywood hasn’t stopped making movies. If anything, we have access to more video content than ever before. But it has been a hard sell (not that I’m really selling anything) to convince people that the end of the world for private practices is not a certainty for all. Recently, I’ve received great news from the consultant fronts. In conversations with Susanne Madden from the Verden Group, Mary Pat Whaley from Managemypractice.com and the Pediatric Practice Management AwesomeCast’s very own, Chip Hart with PCC, it seems that the independent private practice pediatrician is on the rise. They all have shared w...
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