Home Research Research Library The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape The Continued Importance of Small Practices in the Primary Care Landscape 2014 Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Klink, Kathleen, Petterson, Stephen M, Kojima, N, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT), Practice Organization / Ownership, and Supply / Projections Volume American Family Physician Source American Family Physician In 2010, as many as 45% of active primary care physicians (PCPs) were practicing at sites with five or fewer physicians. This large cohort of practices faces unique challenges in meeting the increasing demands of practice transformation, payer reporting requirements, and integrated delivery that merit policy maker and payer attention. ABFM Research Read all 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices 2018 Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice Go to Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice 2020 Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments Go to Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
Author(s) Phillips, Robert L, Klink, Kathleen, Petterson, Stephen M, Kojima, N, and Bazemore, Andrew W Topic(s) Role of Primary Care Keyword(s) Health Information Technology (HIT), Practice Organization / Ownership, and Supply / Projections Volume American Family Physician Source American Family Physician
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices 2018 Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice Go to Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice 2020 Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments Go to Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
2015 Fewer family physicians are in solo practices Go to Fewer family physicians are in solo practices
2018 Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice Go to Rural Family Physicians in Patient Centered Medical Homes Have a Broader Scope of Practice
2020 Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments Go to Incorporating machine learning and social determinants of health indicators into prospective risk adjustment for health plan payments
