Primary Care Is in Trouble. So Doctors Band Together To Boost Their Market Power. By Karen Brown, New England Public Media March 11, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/primary-care-independent-physicians-boost-market-power/?utm_campaign=KHN%20-%20Weekly%20Edition&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9Lej-deAzxZrbEKG0XW6yRK3OwssDDfNbxRV5-hFb5U5IqTEve2SQrBFnJgtqGLwBbCZEfK-ncuVzf6NvE_NLmGaJrAA&_hsmi=408691580&utm_content=408691580&utm_source=hs_email Primary Care Is in Trouble. So Doctors Band Together To Boost Their Market Power. By Karen Brown, New England Public Media Thousands of primary care practices are fighting to remain financially viable and independent. Many are banding together to form Independent Physician Associations, or IPAs, to increase their market power.