Doc-Related 2022 : Angel Love : 9781803343211 : 1803343214 : 09 Mar 2022 : Health care is the largest employer in the United States (U.S.), with over 16 million people in the industry. Over one million of them are practicing physicians. I'm one of them. Nearly 70 percent of physicians are employed by hospitals or corporate entities. Corporate entities include health insurers, private equity firms, and entities that own multiple physician practices. For physicians, rising practice costs and stagnant reimbursements have made it difficult to be independent. Doctors also see the writing on the wall related to emerging payment models that will require large financial investments in care management and information technology. In addition, the physician workforce is getting younger, and they desire more work-life balance, not the long hours I practiced earlier in my career. The result is that healthcare professionals are sacrificing full autonomy for stability. When I began practicing in 2001