Aug 25, 2010 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Topping the list are, the Veterans Administration and HCA, which together employee almost 200,000 people
Recently, a ranking of the nation’s top 25 healthcare systems by number of employees was published. In the number one spot is the Veteran’s Affairs (VA) Department. It employs 207,000 employees. Ranked number two is HCA, Inc., the for-profit hospital corporation. It has 77,000 employees.
Pathologists and clinical laboratory managers will recognize that both the VA and HCA are national healthcare systems. By contrast, New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System ranks number five on the list with 55,048 employees and its locations are clustered in and around New York City.
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Nov 4, 2009 | Laboratory News, Laboratory Pathology
Nine of the 10 largest medical groups are located on the East and West coasts
When it comes to the list of the 20 largest physicians groups in the United States, Kaiser Permanente is at the top. With 7,000 physicians, Permanente Medical Group in Northern California is the nation’s largest. Number two is Southern California Permanente Medical Group, based in Pasadena, California. At number 20 is the University of Indiana School of Medicine with 1,481 physicians.
This list was prepared by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) and published in Modern Healthcare . One interesting fact is that all but one of the 10 largest medical practices are located on the east or west coast. Overall, six of the top 20 medical groups are located in the Midwest, one in Texas, and the rest in coastal cities.
There are 51, 280 physicians practicing in the nation’s 20 largest medical groups. This represents about 6.4% of the 800,000 physicians licensed in the United States – P. Kirk
20 Largest Medical Groups:
| RANK – GROUP |
# OF DOCTORS |
CITY |
| 1. Permanente Medical Group |
7,000 |
Oakland |
| 2. Southern California Permanente Medical Group |
6,400 |
Pasadena |
| 3. Bellevue Hospital Center |
4,000 |
New York |
| 4. University of Medicine & Dentistry of Newark |
2,816 |
Newark |
| 5. Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Univ. |
2,775 |
New York |
| 6. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center |
2,700 |
Pittsburgh |
| 7. Johns Hopkins University |
2,694 |
Baltimore |
| 8. Columbia University Medical Center |
2,189 |
New York |
| 9. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA |
2,000 |
Los Angeles |
| 10. Mayo Clinic |
1,995 |
Rochester |
| 11. University of Washington Medicine |
1,830 |
Seattle |
| 12. Northeastern Ohio Univ. Colleges of Med & Pharmacy |
1,800 |
Rootstown |
| 13. University of Michigan Health System |
1,746 |
Ann Arbor |
| 14. Massachusetts General Hospital |
1,746 |
Boston |
| 15. University of Pennsylvania Medicine |
1,700 |
Philadelphia |
| 16. Baylor College of Medicine |
1,607 |
Houston |
| 17. University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago |
1,604 |
Chicago |
| 18. Northwestern Memorial Hospital |
1,600 |
Chicago |
| 19. Winthrop University Hospital |
1,525 |
Mineola |
| 20. Indiana University School of Medicine |
1,481 |
Indianapolis |
| Total all physicians from all groups: |
51,208 |
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| Source: MGMA, Englewood, Colorado |
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Related Information:
Largest medical group practices
Is Integration in Large Medical Groups Associated With Quality? (PDF)
Benefits of and Barriers to Large Medical Group Practice in the United States (PDF)
