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Physicians entering the new market face tremendous financial pressures, particularly from reimbursement cuts and higher malpractice and employee costs. William F. Jessee, MD, FACMPE, president and CEO of the Medical Group Management Association, recently said, based on historical trends; medical groups likely would face a 4. 5 percent increase in operating expenses over the next year. With that type of disparity between income and expenses, many physicians are hard-pressed to come up with the substantial investments required to automate and create additional streams of revenue, he said.