Mark F. Weiss sat down to chat with Shena Scott, a well-known healthcare consultant whose practice focuses heavily on working with anesthesia groups. Mark and Shena discussed coverage compensation, AKA “stipend support”, staffing levels, and other issues pertaining to exclusive contracting.
As AI approaches autonomous clinical decision-making, healthcare faces new legal and regulatory questions.
Physicians and medical groups should understand the compliance risks before becoming unintended targets of government scrutiny.
What if physician burnout isn’t about resilience at all? A different look at ownership, autonomy, and incentives.
California’s crackdown on the friendly physician model may signal broader risks for MSOs nationwide.
Most discussions about healthcare AI focus on replacement. What if the real opportunity is the opposite? By taking administrative work off physicians’ plates, AI may help restore the very thing industrialized medicine has eroded: the physician-patient relationship.
There is a wide middle ground between going it alone and giving up control, built on physician-led collaboration, shared resources, and strategic alignment.
What FIFA called bribery, healthcare regulators call kickbacks. Lessons from FIFA, labs, drug companies, and health systems on AKS compliance.
The “friendly physician” model is being dismantled. New laws target MSO control and paper ownership, forcing real physician governance in healthcare practices.
The next physician shortage is about doctors leaving traditional employment for independence, autonomy, and new business models.