Home Research Research Library Life in Private Practice Life in Private Practice 2021 Author(s) Chavez, Annette M Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine When I was 40 years old, and 11 years into practice, I started to plot my premature retirement from medicine. The community hospital that had owned our practice released all employed physicians and later closed its doors. Our office joined a large multispecialty group with a coercive management style. Overhead increased dramatically. Doctors were threatened with pay reductions if productivity benchmarks were not met. Collection of insurance reimbursement was suboptimal, and the system favored doctors who saw very high volumes of patients. Physicians were expected to serve on several time-consuming committees. Our rent increased yearly, while our reimbursements decidedly did not. My 2 favorite partners quit the practice and moved to a small town. I was miserable. ABFM Research Read all 2022 Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care Go to Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care 2020 Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians 2018 Practice Rurality of Family Physicians Enrolled in a Practice Transformation Network Go to Practice Rurality of Family Physicians Enrolled in a Practice Transformation Network 2023 The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review Go to The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review
Author(s) Chavez, Annette M Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Measurement, and Policy Brief Commentaries Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2022 Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care Go to Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care 2020 Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians 2018 Practice Rurality of Family Physicians Enrolled in a Practice Transformation Network Go to Practice Rurality of Family Physicians Enrolled in a Practice Transformation Network 2023 The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review Go to The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review
2022 Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care Go to Academic Medicine’s Fourth Mission: Building on Community-Oriented Primary Care to Achieve Community-Engaged Health Care
2020 Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians Go to Gender Differences in Personal and Organizational Mechanisms to Address Burnout Among Family Physicians
2018 Practice Rurality of Family Physicians Enrolled in a Practice Transformation Network Go to Practice Rurality of Family Physicians Enrolled in a Practice Transformation Network
2023 The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review Go to The Impact of Interpersonal Continuity of Primary Care on Health Care Costs and Use: A Critical Review
