What entity type do Hematology & Oncology private practices in Kentucky use?

Most Hematology & Oncology private practices in Kentucky are structured as PC, PLLC entities. The choice depends on state law, tax strategy, and liability preferences. A healthcare attorney can advise on the right structure.

What is a physician-owned Hematology & Oncology practice?

A physician-owned Hematology & Oncology practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership. This distinguishes it from hospital-employed positions, corporate medical groups, or practices backed by private equity, where non-physician entities own or control the business.

What does NPPES Verified mean?

NPPES stands for the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI (National Provider Identifier) record in NPPES, which confirms it is a registered medical practice in the United States.

How do I join a Hematology & Oncology private practice in Kentucky?

Start by contacting the practice directly using the website or phone number listed in this directory. Before negotiating any offer, have a physician contract attorney licensed in Kentucky review the employment agreement, particularly non-compete clauses, compensation structure, and buy-in terms for partnership-track positions.

Hematology & Oncology Private Practices in Kentucky (150 Verified Groups) | Daniel Aragón

There are 150 physician-owned hematology & oncology practices in Kentucky, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.

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Kentucky Hematology & Oncology Practices, Vetted and Independent

Q: What does the Corporate-Acquired or MSO-Affiliated flag mean?

The Corporate-Acquired flag indicates the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum or UnitedHealth Group. The MSO-Affiliated flag indicates the practice participates in a Management Services Organization, which provides administrative infrastructure while physicians retain ownership at the practice level. These flags help physicians understand the ownership structure before reaching out.

A vetted list of 179 hematology & oncology practices in Kentucky that are still owned by the physicians who built them. Useful when the recruiter says you have no other options.

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NOT INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTORY

Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:

Hospital systems

Norton Healthcare
Baptist Health Kentucky
CHI Saint Joseph Health
Bon Secours Mercy Health
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Med Center Health Bowling Green
Owensboro Health
Appalachian
Pikeville Medical Center

Federal facilities

VA Medical Center Louisville

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Elizabethtown, KY

NPPES Verified

Hematologist

Stephen Toothaker maintains a private hematology & oncology practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Beyond hematology & oncology, the office offers blood disorder treatment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.

521 Robinbrooke Blvd, Elizabethtown, KY 42701

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Glasgow, KY

NPPES Verified

Oncologist

Florin Andreca, MD operates a physician-owned hematology & oncology practice in Glasgow, Kentucky, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include cancer diagnosis and treatment. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.

310 N L Rogers Wells Blvd, Glasgow, KY 42141

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Lexington, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

1700 Nicholasville Rd Suite 1100, Lexington, KY 40503

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Amie Jackson, MD

Lexington, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

Amie Jackson, MD provides hematology & oncology services from a privately held practice in Lexington, Kentucky. Beyond hematology & oncology, the office offers cancer diagnosis and treatment and blood disorder treatment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.

3000 Baptist Health Blvd #155, Lexington, KY 40509

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Amy Schell MD

Lexington, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

Amy Schell MD maintains a private hematology & oncology practice in Lexington, Kentucky, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Beyond hematology & oncology, the office offers cancer diagnosis and treatment and blood disorder treatment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.

1700 Nicholasville Rd Suite 1100, Lexington, KY 40503

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Andrew C. James, MD

Lexington, KY

NPPES Verified

Oncologist

Andrew C. James, MD brings hematology & oncology expertise to patients in Lexington, Kentucky through a physician-owned practice. Beyond hematology & oncology, the office offers cancer diagnosis and treatment. Contact by phone to discuss potential employment or buy-in opportunities.

800 Rose St, Lexington, KY 40536

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Lexington, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

3000 Baptist Health Blvd #155, Lexington, KY 40509

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NPPES Verified

Oncologist

Dr. Esther Knapp is a board certified pediatric hematologist/oncologist with specialized training in pediatric bone marrow transplantation. She joined the University of Louisville Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology in 2017. Her clinical responsibilities include attending on the inpatient pediatric hematology/oncology service, as well as the outpatient clinic and infusion area. She is also responsible for medical education of medical students, residents, and fellows. She also teaches a cla

411 E Chestnut St Suite 445, Louisville, KY 40202

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Geetha Joseph MD

Louisville, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

4003 Kresge Way #500, Louisville, KY 40207

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Ignacio Montes MD

Louisville, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

Ignacio Montes MD sees patients at a private hematology & oncology office in Louisville, Kentucky, emphasizing physician autonomy in clinical care. Beyond hematology & oncology, the office offers cancer diagnosis and treatment and blood disorder treatment. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.

4003 Kresge Way #500, Louisville, KY 40207

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NPPES Verified

HematologistOncologist

Michael Angelo C Huang, MD operates a physician-owned hematology & oncology practice in Louisville, Kentucky, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include blood disorder treatment and cancer diagnosis and treatment. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.

411 E Chestnut St Suite 445, Louisville, KY 40202

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Richmond, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

793 Eastern Bypass #3, Richmond, KY 40475

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Charles D Webb, MD

St Matthews, KY

NPPES Verified

OncologistHematologist

Offering hematology & oncology services in St Matthews, Kentucky, Charles D Webb, MD operates outside of hospital employment. The practice also provides cancer diagnosis and treatment and blood disorder treatment. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.

4003 Kresge Way #500, St Matthews, KY 40207

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Kent Taylor, MD

Winchester, KY

NPPES Verified

HematologistOncologist

Kent Taylor, MD operates a physician-owned hematology & oncology practice in Winchester, Kentucky, offering personalized patient care in a private setting. Additional capabilities include blood disorder treatment and cancer diagnosis and treatment. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.

225 Hospital Dr 325 Building A, Winchester, KY 40391

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About this directory and the Kentucky hematology & oncology market

Every other milestone came with a checklist. This one did not.

Then your final year starts and the path stops drawing itself. Recruiters start emailing. Contracts show up before you have asked anyone what a contract is supposed to look like.

Before you compare salary numbers, see how many physician-owned groups actually exist in your specialty and state. Then negotiate from leverage instead of from gratitude.

What other resources point to in Kentucky

There are 179 physician-owned hematology & oncology practices in Kentucky, spread across 22 cities. I pulled every one of them from the NPPES NPI Registry, which is the federal database that CMS maintains for active providers. Then I filtered out anything that isn't independently operated. Hospital-employed positions, academic faculty roles, locum agencies, government clinics, they're all excluded. What's left is a clean list of practices where physicians hold actual ownership and make their own clinical decisions.

Most physicians looking for hematology & oncology opportunities in Kentucky start with a recruiter or a job board. Both of those sources mix hospital-employed roles with genuine private practice opportunities, and they rarely disclose ownership structure upfront. This page does one thing differently: it filters for physician ownership using the federal NPPES registry. That's it. The result is 150 practices you can contact directly, without a middleman deciding what you're allowed to see.

The Kentucky hematology & oncology market in detail

Kentucky's physician-owned hematology & oncology directory lists 150 practice locations across 19 cities. The largest groups include Charles D Webb, MD (3 locations), Jewraj Maheshwari, MD, FACP (2 locations), and William Cuthrell, MD (2 locations).

None of the hematology & oncology practices listed in Kentucky carry a PE-Backed or Corporate-Acquired flag. All listings in this directory are physician-owned independent practices verified through NPPES.

Practices span 19 cities including Bardstown, Beaver Dam, Bowling Green, and Danville.

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Frequently asked questions about hematology & oncology in Kentucky

How many Hematology & Oncology private practices are in Kentucky?

There are 150 physician-owned hematology & oncology private practices in Kentucky, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.

What does physician-owned mean?

A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.

What does the Corporate-Acquired or MSO-Affiliated flag mean?

The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.

Infusion Center Ownership in Kentucky Oncology Practice

Kentucky has 6 physician-owned hematology & oncology practices across 5 cities. The larger groups include Kentuckiana Cancer Institute (Louisville), Kentucky Cancer Specialists (Lexington-Fayette), and Bluegrass Oncology (Lexington-Fayette).

What is an NPPES-verified practice?

NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.

How does the buy-and-bill chemotherapy model work in private oncology practices in Kentucky?

In the buy-and-bill model, the oncology practice purchases chemotherapy drugs from a distributor (often through a Group Purchasing Organization for better pricing) and then bills payers for drug administration at the payer's contracted rate. Under Medicare Part B, reimbursement is typically at ASP (average sales price) + 6%. The spread between acquisition cost and reimbursement rate is the drug margin. Practices with favorable GPO contracts and a high commercial payer mix generate substantial drug margin revenue that does not exist in hospital-employed oncology.

How Physician-Owned Practices Compare

	Physician-Owned	Hospital-Employed	Corporate / PE-Backed
Who controls the practice	Physicians	Health system	Non-physician entity
Non-compete scope	Narrower, negotiable	Broad	Very broad
Partnership / buy-in path	Common	Rare	Rare
Call schedule flexibility	Higher	Variable	Lower
Productivity bonus upside	High	Moderate	Moderate
Included in this directory	Yes	No	Flagged

Key Terms in Physician Contracts

Fair Market Value: The price at which a willing buyer and willing seller would agree to transact, with both parties having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts. Physician compensation must meet fair market value to comply with federal anti-kickback and Stark Law requirements. Independent valuations are used for buy-in pricing, compensation benchmarking, and practice sales.
Collections-Based Compensation: A pay model in which a physician's income is tied directly to the revenue collected from their patient encounters. The physician typically receives a percentage of collections (40 to 55 percent is common) after overhead. This model rewards high-volume, high-acuity work but creates income variability.
Malpractice Insurance: Professional liability coverage that protects physicians against claims of medical negligence. Two main types exist: claims-made (covers claims only if both the incident and filing occur during the active policy) and occurrence-based (covers any incident during the policy period, regardless of when the claim is filed). Premium costs vary dramatically by specialty and state.
Ancillary Revenue: Income generated by a medical practice from services beyond physician office visits. Common sources include in-office imaging, laboratory testing, physical therapy, infusion services, and dispensing. Ancillary revenue can account for 20 to 40 percent of total practice revenue in procedure-heavy specialties.
NPPES (National Plan and Provider Enumeration System): The federal registry maintained by CMS that assigns and tracks NPIs for all U.S. healthcare providers. NPPES data is publicly searchable and includes provider name, practice address, taxonomy codes, and enumeration date.
Buy-and-Bill: A drug reimbursement model in which a physician practice purchases a drug, administers it to the patient, and bills the payer for both the drug and the administration. The practice retains the spread between acquisition cost and reimbursement. Dominant model in private oncology, rheumatology, and other infusion-heavy specialties.
340B Drug Pricing Program: A federal program requiring pharmaceutical manufacturers to provide outpatient drugs at significantly reduced prices to eligible covered entities, primarily safety-net hospitals and clinics. Covered entities can generate substantial drug acquisition savings. Independent private practices are generally not eligible for 340B pricing.

This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: 2026-05-18.

Built by a physician who just walked this path. Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA.