
July 1, 2022| Full Article Published In Medical Economics
By Terry Bauer, CEO of Specialdocs Consultants
As we commemorate our country’s long-ago fight for freedom this Fourth of July, it’s an appropriate time to recognize the more subtle battle being fought to preserve physician autonomy in our country. In a landscape that’s come to be dominated by health systems and physician-employed models, caring for patients in an independent practice is rapidly becoming another victim of the big box era.