S1 Ep167: What your practice is actually worth, with Andy Colbert of Ziegler
About this episode
Andy Colbert discusses the challenges independent practices face and how to evaluate their worth in the current healthcare landscape.
Independent practices are being squeezed from every direction: rising labor costs, shrinking reimbursement and an administrative load that keeps growing. Andy Colbert, senior managing director at Ziegler and leader of the firm's physician advisory practice, has spent nearly two decades helping physician groups decide whether to stay independent, merge or sell. In this conversation with Medical Economics Senior Editor Richard Payerchin, he lays out the scale it takes to remain independent today, what a practice is actually worth when an offer arrives, and how private equity, hospital partnerships and management services organizations really compare. Physicians weighing their next move get a clear framework for the decision, and a reminder to build a strategic plan before someone else sets the agenda. Music Credits: Velvet Sunday Drift by Tea Studio - stock.adobe.com A Textbook Example by Skip Peck - stock.adobe.com Editor's note: Episode timestamps and transcript produced using AI tools. 0:00 – 0:28 | Cold open — Colbert on why clinical work alone no longer builds practice value. 0:28 – 1:31 | Introduction — Austin Littrell previews the episode. 1:31 – 3:18 | Meet Andy Colbert —…
Topics covered
- independent practices
- physician advisory
- mergers and acquisitions
- practice valuation
- strategic planning
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