medical group

Physicians working together

A medical group is an organization of physicians and other healthcare providers who practice together, sharing administrative resources, facilities, and often a common business structure.

Medical groups range from small partnerships of a few doctors to large multispecialty practices with hundreds of providers: She joined a medical group specializing in women's health.

The term distinguishes collective practice from solo practitioners.

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doctors · hospital · patients · HMO · health plan · insurance · specialists · second opinion · wellness · appointment · office visit · referral · network · partnership · associates · staff · nursing · diagnosis

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practice structure

medical groupsolo practitioner

Lawyer working alone

solo practice · private practice

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medical, group, medic, medically, medicine, medicinal, medicinally, medicate, medication

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