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Wisdom. Applied.
Podcast by Mark F. Weiss
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The Rise of the Portfolio Physician
The most successful physicians aren’t depending on one job or one source of income. They’re building out a range of skills, roles, and ownership oppor...
When the Machine Speaks: AI, Physician Liability, and the Future of the Learned Intermediary
Artificial intelligence is challenging the traditional legal framework that places physicians as the “learned intermediary.” As AI systems increasingl...
Medical Group Mergers and Un-Governance - Planning for Failure and Calling it Strategy
Medical group mergers often fail not because of economics, but because of governance. When groups preserve separate identities instead of fully integr...
The Rent Seekers Are Doing You a Favor
As corporate medicine expands, physician autonomy declines, but opportunity grows. Why “rent seekers” are creating a powerful edge.
You’re Not Negotiating What You Think You Are
Physician groups often believe they’re negotiating price when, in reality, they’re negotiating value, positioning, and long-term relationships. The gr...
Utah Called It A Sandbox. Your Patients Are In It.
Utah has launched a program allowing AI to process prescription refills, but without clear regulatory authority or defined liability.
AI in Medicine: Physician as Puppet or Physician as Puppet Master?
AI can either tighten institutional control over physicians or restore autonomy and human‑centered care. The difference isn’t technology, it’s who hol...
How to Escape the Factory-ification of Healthcare
Many physicians leave hospital or private‑equity owned practices only to recreate the same factory model they wanted to escape. Real differentiation c...
The Clinical AI Liability Gap
AI may assist clinicians, but replacing them creates a liability gap. Malpractice caps protect physicians, not algorithms, and the risk exposure is un...
The FTC Just Told You Exactly What It’s Looking For. Is Your Noncompete on the List?
The FTC has abandoned a blanket ban on noncompetes, but is aggressively enforcing them in healthcare. What physician groups and physicians need to kno...
AI Isn’t Going to Replace Your Radiologists. It’s Going to Reprice Them.
AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will change throughput, FTE math, and leverage in hospital contracts. Groups that ignore this will lose negotiat...
The Anesthesia Workforce Shortage Is Your Group’s Negotiating Leverage (If You Know How to Use It)
Nearly 30% of anesthesiologists are projected to leave practice by 2033, creating a workforce shortage hospitals can’t ignore. How can hospital-based...
The Problem With Hospital–Physician “Alignment”
Hospitals talk about “alignment,” but when leadership changes or incentives shift, the relationship often looks very different.
The Essential Money Discussion - A Conversation with Financial Planner Justin Harvey
Mark F. Weiss sat down to chat with Justin Harvey, ChFC, CFP, a well-known financial planner whose practice focuses heavily on working with anesthesio...
A Novel Approach to ASC Structure: Distributions In Proportion to Production.
Four surgeons practicing together, ophthalmologists, for example, plan to build their own ASC. It goes without saying that they would think that distr...
Breaking Down the Breakdown – ER Group Terminated After 35 Years
When a hospital system terminates a 35‑year relationship with its ER group, it tells you far more about leadership than about performance.
Is the Prohibition on Physician-Owned Hospitals Worsening the Hospital-Based Specialist Shortage?
Does banning physician-owned hospitals worsen shortages? Explore how ownership limits affect hospital-based coverage and alignment models.
“You Can Trust Us” Is Not a Contract Term
Time and again, physician group leaders, smart, experienced, and otherwise hard-nosed, regularly fall prey to a simple proposition when dealing with h...
Protecting the Group from Distracted Doctoring
When distraction in patient care leads to criminal charges, medical groups face serious risk. Learn how distracted doctoring exposes physicians and gr...
Five Ophthalmology Practices See Eye to Eye in False Claims Act Settlement
Five ophthalmology practices agreed to pay nearly $6M over alleged kickbacks and unnecessary testing. Learn the FCA risks every physician group must u...
When Is a Letter “Mailed”? Postmarks, Contracts, and a Quiet USPS Change with Real Consequences
USPS postmark delays can make timely contract notices look late. Learn why this matters to protect deadlines and reduce legal risk.
Physicians Fooled into the Ruse of Health System Reform (or, Cows Can’t Reform a Farm Because Farmers Will Never Eat Grass)
Hospitals can’t be reformed. Committees create the illusion of influence, not authority. The real solution? Exit—and build independence.
Off to Prison. An Update on How to Almost Make Half a Billion Dollars: The Arizona Wound Graft Fraud
Now that they’ve been sentenced to prison, I can reveal the fate of the healthcare power couple, Alexandra Gehrke and her husband, Jeffrey King, whose...
Inside the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Mark Weiss and Jason Almiro (Quantum Health Advisors) sit down for a candid conversation on the major changes in Medicare’s 2026 Physician Fee Schedul...
Hospitals and the Return of the Company Town
Are hospitals becoming modern company towns for physicians? Explore the parallels, risks, and emerging alternatives for independence.
Cognitive Biases and Contracting
When you’re negotiating for any agreement, any deal, especially one that is creating an ongoing relationship, which is the hot molten center of servic...
Supermodel Your Way to Healthcare Industry Success
Few doubt that things need fixing in healthcare. But many, from DIYer docs to industry leaders, suffer from being inside an echo chamber.
How to Use the Law Before it Uses You.
Some laws derive from morality and others are purely the result of politicking and protectionism.
Leadership Succession: The Hole You Never Notice Until You Fall Into It
Medical groups don’t usually collapse because their revenue dropped 3% last quarter. They collapse because someone, usually someone important, disappe...
The Healthcare Deal Partner Who Can End Your Career
In healthcare deals, one bad partner—or one bad flip—can end the game.
THE TIME TO ESTABLISH A BANKING RELATIONSHIP (NOT WHAT YOU LIKELY HAVE NOW) IS TODAY, NOT WHEN YOU NEED ONE
Is your medical group’s bank just holding your money—or helping you grow? Strategic banking relationships can unlock leverage, improve deal flow, and...
Surprise: The No Surprises Act Is Working, Just Not How Insurers Planned
The No Surprises Act wasn’t about patients. The fine print told a different tale: it was an insurer-protection law.
Why You Must Understand that the Law is Not Necessarily Your Reality
The law isn’t physics—it’s power, people, and positioning. For physicians and medical groups, the best legal outcomes start with smart planning.
Do You Know What Block Can’t be Pulled From the Deal?
Contracts in healthcare are built like block towers—each deal-point matters. Remove the wrong one, and the entire structure may collapse.
Signaling During Medical Group Negotiations
Dogs wag their tails. Humans do too—just not the same way. In negotiations, your counterpart is sending signals you might be missing. Learn how to spo...
Preparation Wins Games and Negotiations
Most healthcare negotiations fail before they begin—because leaders don’t prepare. Learn how physician groups can approach contract talks like elite a...
Non-Competes After the FTC’s Pivot: A Balancing Act for Medical Group Leaders
Non-Competes After the FTC’s Pivot: A Balancing Act for Medical Group Leaders by Mark F. Weiss
The FTC Buries Its Ban on Non-Competes, But Sharpens its Aim on Violations
FTC ditches a full non-compete ban, but healthcare employers still face targeted crackdowns. Physician groups, take note.
From Kings to Contracts: No Love Lost
Even the strongest physician-hospital relationships are transactional. Survival depends on diversification, not loyalty myths.
The Anti-RFP: Forward and Reverse Auctions for Physician Services
Several years ago, it would’ve been difficult to write too much about the strategy of responding to an RFP, i.e., a request for proposal, for physicia...