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Unfortunately, the marriage of a new physician with a medical practice or a hospital is often not a match made in heaven. What started out as a union between two entities does not work out resulting in the physician and practice parting ways. If this happens to you, do not despair; you are not alone. It is possible to extricate yourself from a situation where one or both parties decide that the fit is not quite right. This chapter will discuss the reasons doctors leave a practice and what action steps you must do in order to leave with minimal emotional trauma to you, your patients, and the practice you have decided to vacate.
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Kahn, M.J., Baum, N. (2020). “Divorcing” Your Business Partners. In: Baum, N., Kahn, M. (eds) The Business Basics of Building and Managing a Healthcare Practice. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27776-5_24
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