Promising to “bolster physicians' clinical and financial autonomy,” three Texas physician associations have teamed up to form the Physician Services Organization for Patient Care, which will work with physician groups, health plans and vendors to test and develop new care models and “deliver doctors the survival tools” they need to remain unaffiliated while moving toward value-based business practices.
The effort is being launched by the Texas Medical Association, which has 47,000 members and is the nation's largest state medical society; the Harris County Medical Society, which has 11,000 members and is reported to be the largest county medical society in the U.S.; and the Dallas County Medical Society, which has 6,400 members. Members for all three groups include physicians and medical students.