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Day 3: For Young Doctors, Hospital Paycheck Trumps Solo Practice

Alan Bavley | The Kansas City Star | December 30, 2013

For newly trained physicians Kristin and Brian Gillenwater, mornings are a rush. [...]  The Gillenwaters don’t head to their own practices. An independent practice doesn’t hold the same attraction for them as it did for earlier generations of physicians. Independent practice means managing a business and working long, unpredictable hours for what’s become an increasingly less certain income. Read More »