Independent Practice Summit:
Building Sustainable Models of Physician-led Care

Lacher is a second-generation, independently owned firm based in Souderton, PA, specializing in healthcare and benefits strategy, business risk, and consulting. They work selectively with clients, building long-term partnerships with entrepreneurial organizations ready to move beyond transactional benefits purchasing and toward genuine healthcare strategy. Part of that work includes bringing physicians and employers together to contract directly for primary care, specialty care, surgical procedures, and imaging; helping to create relationships that work better for providers and patients alike.

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Owning a medical practice creates unique financial opportunities, and the team at Altfest has spent more than 40 years helping physician–owners to navigate these complexities. Hear from the Altfest team about how they work with physicians and their families on lowering portfolio risk while maintaining solid growth, applying tax reduction strategies, determining optimal retirement income streams, protecting the legacy you’ve built, and turning years of hard work into lasting financial freedom. www.altfest.com/physicians

Creating a community-owned health plan in Central Pennsylvania empowers independent physicians to directly contract with local employers, removing the traditional insurance middleman and restoring control to providers and patients.

Through this model, PA Medical Society physicians can be elevated to Tier 1 status, eliminating member cost barriers, streamlining access to care, and ensuring patients can easily choose local, independent clinicians.

This approach delivers a financially sustainable direct‑care model for physicians, keeps healthcare dollars circulating within the region, and reinforces clinical autonomy and local accountability.

Even better, independent physicians within the PA Medical Society can adopt this health plan for their own employees, improving cost management, strengthening care coordination, and driving better health outcomes across their populations.

The ProAssurance Risk Management department is here to help you promote patient safety, minimize risk, and improve the defensibility of claims by providing comprehensive assessment and training resources that are relevant and easy to share.

Your physicians, administrators, and healthcare staff have access to a team of risk consultants with a wide range of backgrounds, including prior experience as healthcare administrators, attorneys, nurses, and quality professionals.

Risk consultants assist insureds with their liability concerns and questions using specialized knowledge of healthcare risk management issues and the Company’s experience defending claims.

We'll explain the most common OSHA fines medical facilities receive and how they can easily avoid those penalties. We'll highlight how our Medical OSHA compliance package establishes compliance while freeing up management time to focus on patient care. Our package includes the written plans, training and resources they need to protect their staff and business. https://safetyacepa.com

To reward small-business owners for encouraging safety, Accident Fund created Group Programs. Members save money on their workers’ compensation, including a 5% up-front discount on their premium and the potential for dividends based on the Group’s loss history.

At PNC, we differentiate ourselves by offering experienced and dedicated healthcare bankers that perform a complete financial services review before offering solutions. PNC Healthcare Business Banking offers revenue cycle management solutions, specialty lending for buy-outs, buy-ins, commercial real estate, equipment financing, technology, practice expansion, and debt refinance. https://pnc.com/hcprofessionals