title: The equity market for physician practice management companies.
abstract: Initial public offerings or selling out to physician practice management (PPM) firms may be an option for raising capital in large physician groups. This article will address whether this is an accurate perception, whether the markets have cooled and if the heat will return, and the various equity-based options by which physicians can raise equity capital and the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative approach.
authors.affiliation: Bear Stearns, New York, NY 10167, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Boylon
mesh_terms: D002202:Capital Financing / Q000379:methods*; D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics*; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics*; D007449:Investments; D010067:Ownership; D017149:Private Sector; D017150:Public Sector; D014481:United States