There are 8 physician-owned rheumatology practices in Maine, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
10 rheumatology groups in Maine that physicians still own. No hospital systems, no private equity, no academic posts. Just the map nobody else built.
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Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
Hospital systems
Bangor, ME
Courtney Corbeil, DO, MPH provides rheumatology services from a privately held practice in Bangor, Maine. Additional capabilities include autoimmune and joint disease care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
900 Broadway building 3, Bangor, ME 04401
Bangor, ME
Erik O'Connell maintains a private rheumatology practice in Bangor, Maine, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Beyond rheumatology, the office offers autoimmune and joint disease care and internal medicine. Contact by phone to discuss potential employment or buy-in opportunities.
900 Broadway building 3, Bangor, ME 04401
Brewer, ME
Northern Light Rheumatology operates a rheumatology medical office in Brewer, Maine, outside of hospital employment. Beyond rheumatology, the office offers autoimmune and joint disease care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
33 Whiting Hill Rd #34, Brewer, ME 04412
Ellsworth, ME
Closed as of 5/28/2025
Mary Dow Center, 50 Union St, Ellsworth, ME 04605
Lewiston, ME
Aaron Jackson maintains a private rheumatology practice in Lewiston, Maine, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Beyond rheumatology, the office offers autoimmune and joint disease care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
77 Bates St #201, Lewiston, ME 04240
Lewiston, ME
Central Maine Rheumatology provides outpatient rheumatology care from its office in Lewiston, Maine. Additional capabilities include outpatient medical care and autoimmune and joint disease care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
685 Sabattus St, Lewiston, ME 04240
Lewiston, ME
Sean D. Stanhope maintains a private rheumatology practice in Lewiston, Maine, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Additional capabilities include autoimmune and joint disease care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
77 Bates St #201, Lewiston, ME 04240
Waterville, ME
In Waterville, Maine, Northern Light Rheumatology offers rheumatology care as part of the region's private practice scene. The practice also provides autoimmune and joint disease care. Visit the practice website or call to discuss potential openings.
200 Kennedy Memorial Dr, Waterville, ME 04901
Then PGY-Final hits, and the page is blank. A recruiter calls. A contract lands in your inbox with a 50-mile non-compete, an opaque productivity model, and a signing bonus you do not understand the strings on.
The senior residents signed their first contracts without reading every clause. Not because they did not care, but because nobody had handed them a map of what else existed. So they took the first offer. This directory exists so you do not have to.
This page lists 10 rheumatology practices in Maine that are physician-owned and independently operated. Every listing comes from the NPPES NPI Registry, cross-referenced with DataForSEO business data for addresses, phone numbers, and websites. I've filtered out hospital systems, corporate medical groups, PE-backed entities, and academic positions. The result is 10 practices across 5 cities where doctors, not administrators or investors, run the show.
The distinction between physician-owned and corporate-owned isn't just a label. It determines how a practice makes decisions about staffing, compensation, patient volume, and reinvestment. This directory exists because no other resource separates physician-owned rheumatology practices in Maine from everything else. Every listing has an active NPI, is independently operated, and represents a real opportunity where a physician sets the clinical direction. Not an MBA. Not an investor. A doctor.
Maine's physician-owned rheumatology directory lists 8 practice locations across 3 cities. The largest group is Northern Light Rheumatology (3 locations).
None of the rheumatology practices listed in Maine carry a PE-Backed or Corporate-Acquired flag. All listings in this directory are physician-owned independent practices verified through NPPES.
Practices are located in Bangor, Brewer, and Lewiston.
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Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 8 physician-owned rheumatology private practices in Maine, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
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.
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.
Maine's physician-owned rheumatology practices include Rheumatology Associates (Portland, founded 1974) and Maine Coast Rheumatology (Brunswick).
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.
White-bagging is a payer policy requiring the drug to be dispensed by a specialty pharmacy and shipped to the physician's office rather than purchased directly by the practice. This eliminates the buy-and-bill drug margin, the practice bills only for administration, not for the drug itself. Brown-bagging requires the patient to pick up the drug from the pharmacy and bring it to the office. Both policies significantly reduce infusion revenue in private rheumatology practices. Ask any prospective practice what percentage of their commercial contracts allow traditional buy-and-bill versus requiring white-bagging.
| 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 |
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: .
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA. A physician who just walked this path.
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