Recently, the U.S. Government Accountability Office published a report surveying the literature on physician consolidation and certain effects on the health care landscape. The report primarily considers the impact of physician acquisitions on health care prices and quality. Given the current literature scope and its focus on price effects specifically, this isn’t altogether surprising. These observations don’t fully acknowledge or explain the current health care landscape, however. The shift away from solo physician practices toward employment ought to prompt a different set of questions: what is driving physicians toward employment, and are there differences in how different entities make decisions about employing physicians and acquiring practices?
Read the full article: AHA: Physician Practice Acquisitions – What Drives Them and Implications for Consumers and Payers //
Source: https://www.aha.org/news/blog/2025-10-21-physician-practice-acquisitions-what-drives-them-and-implications-consumers-and-payers