title: Bring 'em on: key issues in merging medical practices.
abstract: More and more physicians are exploring strategic mergers to form larger group practices. A merger of medical practices will bring significant and long-term benefits to physicians. However, the challenges and barriers to creating a large medical group are substantial. This article will illustrate the benefits and challenges that should be considered when forming and operating large single-specialty group practices as well as outline the process of merging and integrating medical practices.
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Mufei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D006273:Health Facility Merger / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States