News|Videos|April 22, 2025

Rural health is losing doctors: An overview of consolidation in U.S. health care

Reviewing the state of rural health care with the Physicians Advocacy Institute CEO Kelly Kenney, JD.

Consolidation across the health care system in the United States has led to more and more physicians being employed, instead of operating independent medical practices. Physicians Advocacy Institute (PAI) CEO Kelly Kenney, JD, discusses this trend in the lead in to the findings from PAI’s new report, “Rural Areas Face Steep Declines in Independent Physicians and Practices."

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