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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2023 | Worcester Business Journal 49 H E A L T H C A R E F O C U S Top physician groups Ranked by number of participating physicians Physician group No. of physicians Description Chief administrator/ year founded 1 UMass Memorial Health - Managed Care Network 55 Lake Ave. North, Worcester 01655 508-334-1000 • ummhealth.org 1,891 (1) Primary and specialty care physicians affiliated with UMass Memorial Health system including those employed by hospitals or medical groups or in independent private practice Stephen Tosi chief physician executive 1999 2 UMass Memorial Medical Group 365 Plantation St., Biotech One, Worcester 01605 508-334-1000 • ummhealth.org 1,225 Nonprofit group owned by UMass Memorial Health; primary care and specialty providers Andrew Karson interim president 1998 (2) 3 Reliant Medical Group 5 Neponset St., Worcester 01606 508-852-0600 • reliantmedicalgroup.org 300 Multi-specialty medical group serving Central Mass. and MetroWest Tarek Elsawy president & CEO 1929 4 Steward Health Care Network Central Mass. Local Chapter 89A St. Suite 220, Needham 02494 (3) 800-329-9217 • steward.org 195 Multi-specialty, clinically integrated group of providers not affiliated with a hospital Joseph Weinstein chief physician executive 2008 5 Milford Regional Physician Group 9 Industrial Road, Suite 5, Milford 01757 508-473-1480 • milfordregionalphysicians.org 130 Multi-specialty provider offering internal medicine, pediatrics, family and adolescent medicine, breast surgery, cardiology, neurology, OB/GYN, orthopedics, pulmonology, urology, urogynecology, sleep medicine, sports medicine, rheumatology, endocrinology, allergy, otolaryngology and urgent care Patrick McSweeney president Elizabeth Siraco Medicaid director 1992 6 Saint Vincent Medical Group 10010K Shoppes Way, Northborough 01532 833-609-6707 • stvincentmedgroup.com 80 Multiple location provider offering internal and family medicine, geriatrics, endocrinology, cardiology, interventional cardiology, cardiothoracic surgery, pulmonology, thoracic surgery, urology, sleep medicine, pain medicine, OB/GYN, oncology, breast health services and general surgery Aileen Clemente executive director 2005 7 Charles River Medical Associates 600 Worcester Road, Suite 303, Framingham 01702 508-626-7437 • charlesrivermed.com 57 Primary care and specialty providers in endocrinology, cardiology, hematology, geriatrics, pediatrics, infectious disease, sports medicine, oncology, rheumatology, nutrition, gynecology, gastroenterology and diabetes education Brian Parillo executive director 1995 8 UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Physician Services 100 South St., Southbridge 01550 508-765-3002 • harringtonhospital.org 49 Primary care and multi-specialty group Edward H. Moore president & COO 2008 9 Heywood Medical Group 242 Green St., Gardner 01440 978-630-6104 • heywood.org 43 Multi-specialty and primary care group including cardiology, gastroenterology, OB/GYN, orthopedics, podiatry, urology, general surgery, pediatrics, pain management, endocrinology, addiction medication, rheumatology, neurology, diabetes, nutrition, infectious disease, occupational medicine, psychiatry and urgent care Rozanna Penney (4) VP, ambulatory & perioperative services 1907 (5) 10 MetroWest Physician Services 260 Cochituate Road, Framingham 01701 833-609-6707 • metrowestphysicians.com 28 Internal and family medicine, OB/GYN, general orthopedics and orthopedic surgery, general and minimally invasive surgery, breast health, infectious disease; multiple Metrowest locations Aileen Clemente executive director 2006 10 Steward Medical Group 200 Groton Road, Ayer 01432 978-784-9990 • nashobamed.org 28 (6) Primary care and family medicine with specialists in cardiology, endocrinology, neurology, gynecology, oncology, urology, breast surgery, bariatric surgery, hand and plastic surgery, colorectal surgery, gastrointestinal, nephrology and pulmonary medicine Andrea Murphy director 1964 (7) 12 Acton Medical Associates PC 321 Main St., Acton 01720 978-635-8800 • actonmedical.com 26 Adult and pediatric primary care provider with satellite offices in Harvard, Hudson and Littleton Joseph Berman administrator 1955 Sources: Each group via survey, group websites and Mass. Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA) per FY 2021 Individual Hospital Financial Trend Analysis Resources. Note: N/A=not available. (1) Physicians employed by the system's hospitals or medical groups and private practice physicians in network; private practice physicians total 488. (2) Year UMass Memorial Health formed (3) This office serves Central Mass. (4) Rozanna Penney and Tom Sullivan share CEO position as of June 2023, succeeding Winfield Brown who served as president & CEO. (5) Year Heywood Hospital founded (6) Data from 2022 survey (7) Year Nashoba Valley Medical Center founded -Compiled by: Heide Martin, hmartin@nebusinessmedia.com Time U.S. physicians spend with patients Length of % of total patient patient interaction visits Less than 9 minutes ........ 5% 9-12 minutes ................ 22% 13-16 minutes .............. 29% 17-24 minutes .............. 33% 25 or more minutes ....... 11% Source: Statista, 2023 Time U.S. physicians spend with medical records Avg. time spent per patient Overall on medical records ...................... 16 minutes, 14 seconds Chart review ............................ 5 minutes, 22 seconds Documentation ........................ 3 minutes, 51 seconds Ordering .................................. 2 minutes, 42 seconds Source: Annals of Internal Medicine, 2020