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Toby Cosgrove, M.D., in U.S. News: How the Group Practice Model Can Save U.S. Health Care

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Cosgrove, Toby, M.D., president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic
Cosgrove, Toby, M.D., president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic

Of the approximately 800,000 doctors today in the United States, some are self-employed, some work for hospitals, and many work in practices of fewer than 20 colleagues. Though these various approaches can still deliver finely crafted service, the quality often varies and the costs are high, Toby Cosgrove, M.D., CEO and president of Cleveland Clinic, writes in a U.S. News op-ed. Solving this issue requires bringing doctors together to form larger organizations instead of remaining in siloed private practices.

Read the entire piece at usnews.com: How the Group Practice Model Can Save U.S. Health Care

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