Hanging Together, Or Hanging Separately (Group Practice Governance‪)‬

For many physicians, the term "group practice" is an oxymoron. The same qualities that mark successful doctors--independence, energy and personal confidence--can make for a difficult cooperative enterprise. A medical group is often more like a loose affiliation than a cohesive entity working toward shared goals. The trouble starts when one physician's independence comes at another physician's expense. Consider a typical approach to practice leadership. In loosely organized medical groups, what often happens is that a small circle of senior physicians makes all significant decisions.