Medicine is not immune to the recent trend of larger corporations squeezing out small businesses. Insurance reimbursement cuts, increased medical supply costs and very limited availability of insurance contracts for private practice physicians have forced many physicians into a corporate medicine system. The private practice appears to be becoming a dying art and most physicians who are still holding on to the art of private practice are able to because of long-standing insurance contracts and a solid referral stream of new patients. Corporate medicine and private practice can offer 2 very different experiences and outcomes. Here is a chart to help you weigh the pros and cons.