One alternative to selling to private equity or the hospital? An employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), a type of tax-favored internal buyout where practice equity is sold to an employee trust and ownership is transferred over time as stock is allocated to employees.
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Definitely a cool idea to promote physician independence and not a common practice structure in healthcare. I have heard about this through the startup Meroka that helps physician practices explore ESOP, although I don’t work with them currently or have any affiliation. Heard about them from the awesome Dr. Eric Bricker of AHealthcareZ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8Hr2D7Y5rqzb63U-1fPXrg) who is also involved.