The Death and Life of the “Private Practice Physician”

Want to get these in your inbox to never miss an edition? Subscribe to Healthcare Huddle today! Is the “private-practice physician” life dead? Around three out of four physicians are now employed by a hospital, health system or corporate entity (PE firm or health insurer). I’d answer, “dead.” For now… The Deets The percentage of hospital- or corporate-employed…

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The Other Epidemic

By the time you finish reading this newsletter, at least one American will have died from an opioid overdose. Overdose deaths have increased nearly 50% since the pandemic began, according to new data from the CDC. 2021 alone saw a record 108K overdose deaths, likely driven by fentanyl-laced drugs.  The Deets While the 108K deaths included all…

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“Roe was egregiously wrong.”

The Supreme Court reaffirmed what many expected but wished would never happen: a strike down of the Roe v Wade decision. Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division. — Justice…

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📈 To review, or not to review

As humans we are wired to do things or like things that other people do or like. We all just want to fit in (I know I do, I’m a middle child after all).  It’s called Social Proof. According to Robert Cialdini in his book, Influence, social proof is one of the key ways to…

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Thought leadership isn’t a content type. It’s a content goal.

It must happen at every organization.  Someone, somewhere, says the words, “thought leadership,” and looks in your direction.  As the content lead, the implication is that you––or if you’re lucky, your team––will create a “thought leadership” piece of content on whatever the topic is at hand.  A knot immediately begins to grow in your stomach. …

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