Group Medical Practice

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Group medical practices are defined as "the practice of medicine by a group of physicians who share their premises and other resources." ^[1]

[edit] Largest Group Medical Practices in the United States

The table below shows the top 50 largest group medical practices in the United States, as well as the number of offices in each and the number of practicing physicians in each group. (Source: SK&A Information Services, Inc.)

Rank	Medical Group	Offices	Physicians
1	Kaiser Permanente Medical Group	301	7858
2	Greater Houston Anesthesiology	11	2278
3	Cleveland Clinic	104	1851
4	Advanced Radiology	19	1349
5	Mayo Clinic Jacksonville	37	1311
6	Fairview Physician Associates	194	1295
7	University Pittsburgh Phys	156	1215
8	Henry Ford Medical Group	60	816
9	Radiology Imaging Associates	14	796
10	Aurora Medical Group	88	790
11	Austin Radiological Assn	12	754
12	Marshfield Clinic	37	699
13	UC Davis Medical Group	68	673
14	ENH Medical Group	133	664
15	Harvard Vanguard Medical Assocs	23	650
16	Emory Clinic	76	636
17	Geisinger Medical Center	56	616
18	UW Health Clinics	80	612
19	Ochsner Clinic	27	554
20	Allina Medical Clinic Coon Rpds	41	552
21	Carolinas Physicians Ntwk	90	539
22	Lsu Healthcare Network Rhu	55	532
23	Park Nicollet Clinic	46	523
24	Lahey Clinic	17	520
25	Scott & White Clinic	26	515
26	Vanderbilt Medical Group	60	499
27	Radiological Assocs Sacramento	14	480
28	Ermed Physicians	1	477
29	University Health Associates	17	476
30	Healthcare Partners Medical Grp	109	458
31	UT Medicine	38	444
32	University Radiology Group	7	443
33	Duluth Clinic	45	440
34	Virginia Mason Clinic	12	437
35	Pediatrix/Obstetrix Med Grp Nat	65	430
36	UCSD Medical Group Urology	50	420
37	St John's Clinic	102	418
38	Radia Inc	14	402
39	Northwestern Medical Faclty Fdn	30	397
40	Spectrum Medical Group	20	394
41	Dartmouth-Hitchcock Manchester	35	389
42	Montefiore Medical Group	38	382
43	Queens Long Island Med Grp	20	376
44	MeritCare	32	374
45	Radiology Alliance	9	372
46	IHC Physician Group	47	364
47	UT Medical Group Inc	39	358
48	Palo Alto Medical Clinic	11	354
49	Healthpartners	23	353
50	University Minnesota Physicians	28	346

[edit] Office-based Physicians and Group Practices

There are approximately 230,187 physician practices in the United States. ^[2] Among these physician practices, 52.8% consist of only one office-based physician. The remaining 47.2% of physician practices are group practices. Physician group practices with 2-5 physicians make up 37.1% of physician offices in the United States. 6.3% consist of 6-9 physicians and the remaining 3.7% consist of 10 or more physicians. The chart below provides a breakdown of all U.S. physician practices, by size of practice. (Source: SK&A Information Services, Inc.)

Office Size	# of Offices	% of Total
1 Physician	121,643	52.85%
2 Physicians	41,188	17.89%
3-5 Physicians	44,186	19.20%
6-9 Physicians	14,595	6.34%
10-19 Physicians	6,304	2.74%
20+ Physicians	2,271	0.99%
Total	230,187	100.00%

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