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Largest physical medicine and rehabilitation physician group practices

When planning your marketing efforts for a product, software, or service, physician groups can be appealing targets. Physician groups often combine multiple physicians under one specialty into a single network that centralizes purchasing decisions, making them attractive for bulk sales and long-term partnerships.

However, broad targeting of physician groups isn’t sufficient. A precise, strategic approach is key to maximizing efficiency and sales impact. Focusing on physician groups most likely to benefit from your offerings is critical to avoid wasted time and resources.

For those looking to narrow down their target list, physician group size and specialty are two useful metrics to leverage. For instance, if one physician in a physical medicine physician group can benefit from your offerings, it is likely others within the group will, too. Thus, the larger the physical medicine physician group, the greater the potential reach and value of your offerings.

How many physical medicine and rehabilitation physician group practices exist in the U.S.?

Our database has identified 1,031 active physical medicine physician group practices in the U.S. However, it’s common for physician groups to have several different locations—this allows them to access more patients and remain competitive. Knowing this, the number of physician group practices does not reflect the number of physical medicine practices in the United States.

Why target physical medicine and rehabilitation physician groups?

When you target a private practice doctor versus a hospital or health system, reaching their executives and decision-makers can be easier. However, the medical landscape is shifting, and many physicians are joining physician groups to take advantage of the group benefits. Knowing this, physician groups should be a key target for your marketing efforts.

As for physical medicine physician groups, they work to restore function to those who have been disabled because of an injury, disorder, or disease. However, to provide these services, physical medicine physician groups require the proper equipment, technology, and staff training—for them to improve their patient’s health and quality of life, they must have all three of these needs met.

With more physicians, large physical medicine physician groups can present significant sales opportunities. Also, by working with patients from many backgrounds, physical medicine physician groups receive referrals from many other specialties, which can create additional connections for your company.

Largest physical medicine and rehabilitation physician group practices by number of physicians

Rank Physical medicine physician group State Definitive ID # of physicians Explore dataset 
Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Physicians (FKA the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) IL 1063633 75 Explore
Southeastern Integrated Medical (AKA SIMED Health) FL 552550 64 Explore
Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Physicians MI 1069475 55 Explore
Spaulding Rehabilitation Physicians (FKA Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands Corporation) MA 841456 52 Explore
Regenexx Des Moines IA 846339 45 Explore
Boomerang Healthcare (FKA Integrated Pain Management Medical Group) CA 777206 41 Explore
MossRehab PA 1058422 31 Explore
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (FKA Ima Post Acute Care Physicians LLC) NJ 775146 26 Explore
Advanced Urgent Care IL 644950 26 Explore
10 Florida Pain Relief Centers FL 693749 25 Explore
11 Spine Team Texas TX 973644 25 Explore
12 Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation NJ 1063220 25 Explore
13 Synovation Medical Group CA 732228 24 Explore
14 Precision Medical Group CA 660331 21 Explore
15 Northeastern Rehabilitation Associates PC PA 677364 21 Explore

Fig. 1 Data is from the Definitive Healthcare PhysicianGroupView product. The number of practices represents only those listed as “active” in our database as of September 2024. Data accessed September 2024.

What is the largest physical medicine and rehabilitation physician group in the U.S.?

The physical medicine physician group with the greatest number of physicians is Shirley Ryan AbilityLab Physicians, with 75 physicians. Their hospital has been ranked as the #1 rehabilitation hospital by U.S. News & World Report for 34 consecutive years.

Southeastern Integrated Medical (SIMED Health) has the second-largest number of physicians, with 64 physicians.

Finally, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Physicians. has the third-highest number of physicians, with 55 physicians. They also plan to build the first rehabilitation hospital in Michigan that is entirely dedicated to kids.

The more physicians a physical medicine group has, the more patients it can serve. Thus, by targeting large physician groups, your product, technology, or service can make a greater impact on the healthcare system.

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