Four anesthesia groups in Illinois, Kansas and Michigan partnered to form the Association for Independent Medicine, the Wichita Business Journal reported Oct. 24.
Two Michigan practices, Grand Rapids-based Anesthesia Practice Consultants and Commerce Township-based Anesthesia Management Services, joined forces with Chicago-based Midwest Anesthesia Partners and Wichita, Kansas-based Mid-Continent Anesthesiology Chartered, to form the new group, the report said.
AIM intends to support independent, physician-owned medical practices in a climate that's seeing more private equity takeovers, the report said.
It represents almost 400 anesthesiologists, but is open to any private practice physician, regardless of specialty.