6.0 of this article can be downloaded to your hard drive. The Physicians Capital Source program gives physicians access to managed care, business, financial, and legal experts who can help them develop business plans and links them with potential capital sources.
Many physicians lack experience in forming their own health care organizations and networks.
Those who are interested and have sound business plans find it difficult to obtain financing. Beginning in 1990, banks, venture capitalists, and other investors began to realize the financial viability of physician ventures. In 1993, there was an 80 percent increase in the amount venture capital firms invested in health care service companies. Many of those dollars went to medical groups. The first step for physicians participating in Physicians Capital Source program is the completion of a detailed Request For Information which serves as a blueprint for developing a business plan.