Group practices tie hospital, physician objectives.
Group practice arrangements can underlie a hospital's strategy to recruit physicians and ensure steady patient volumes. Because physicians largely control where their patients are treated, many hospitals are considering ways to more closely align practitioners with their programs and services. Models for developing group practices range from asking young physicians to join an established practice to helping merge the practices of a retiring physician and an established practitioner.
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