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Health Care & Hospital Law

Apr. 10, 2014

Boutique health firms prepare for 'Obamacare' crunch

As pressures mount from the Affordable Care Act for small physician groups to join larger organizations, boutique health firms are at risk of losing clients.


By David Ruiz


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Harry Nelson's longtime clients were disappearing. One by one, the small, independent physician groups he represented over the years were joining larger health care organizations amid the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.


So Nelson's health care-focused Los Angeles boutique, Nelson Hardiman LLP, reevaluated its strategy. In March it announced an alliance with Washington, D.C.-based nat...

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