Re:Who employs your doctor? Increasingly, a private equity firm
by vkou on Sunday July 16, 2023 @04:44PM
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> So why aren't new doctors opening their own practices?
For the same reason that nobody builds out a second set of power lines to compete with an incumbent power utility.
It's capital-intensive, the size of the medical market for the area is fixed, and you'll just be fighting the established practice for it in a zero-sum game.
You can win, but it's going to be way more work for less reward than just finding a PE practice that's hiring/a traditional practice with spare space that's looking for a partner.
For the same reason that nobody builds out a second set of power lines to compete with an incumbent power utility.
It's capital-intensive, the size of the medical market for the area is fixed, and you'll just be fighting the established practice for it in a zero-sum game.
You can win, but it's going to be way more work for less reward than just finding a PE practice that's hiring/a traditional practice with spare space that's looking for a partner.