Certainly, Oregon is a small state in terms of medical practice, but what’s happened in Oregon could, and some say will, spread across the country.

A Ban on PE in Medical Practice and a Gutting of Practice Value

The majority of healthcare fraud schemes center on fraud perpetrated by physicians, but what about schemes orchestrated to victimize physicians?

Healthcare Fraud and the Physician as Victim

Out of state and still billing for in-person care? A physician submitted claims while vacationing in Hawaii—and now faces criminal sentencing and a $500k civil payout.


Double Trouble: Prosecuted and Sued for the Same Scam

Your business exists and interfaces on multiple planes and, therefore, the far smarter approach is to explore and adopt protection on each.

Will Your Business Walk Back in in the Morning?

Some models were once useful, but no longer are. How’s the “reliant on Medicare”, or even the “reliant on commercial payors”, model working out for you?

The Prevailing Healthcare Business Model is Upside Down

$500 Million in Alleged Phony Charges and the Dangers of Medical Directorship

Non-Competes After the FTC’s Pivot: A Balancing Act for Medical Group Leaders

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 spot the “tail tells,” control your own, and use them to your advantage.

Signaling During Medical Group Negotiations

Contracts in healthcare are built like block towers—each deal-point matters. Remove the wrong one, and the entire structure may collapse.

Do You Know What Block Can’t be Pulled From the Deal?

The No Surprises Act wasn’t about patients. The fine print told a different tale: it was an insurer-protection law.

Surprise: The No Surprises Act Is Working, Just Not How Insurers Planned

Medical groups don’t usually collapse because their revenue dropped 3% last quarter. They collapse because someone, usually someone important, disappears, and no one bothered to think about what happens next.

Leadership Succession: The Hole You Never Notice Until You Fall Into It

Some laws derive from morality and others are purely the result of politicking and protectionism.

How to Use the Law Before it Uses You.

Mark Weiss and Jason Almiro (Quantum Health Advisors) sit down for a candid conversation on the major changes in Medicare’s 2026 Physician Fee Schedule—what’s new, what’s gone, and what entrepreneurial physicians need to know now.

Inside the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Mark F. Weiss sat down to chat with Justin Harvey, ChFC, CFP, a well-known financial planner whose practice focuses heavily on working with anesthesiologists and pain management physicians, about preserving wealth, not just accumulating it. The talk centered on the importance of having hard money conversations to keep your family together.

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The Essential Money Discussion - A Conversation with Financial Planner Justin Harvey

Hospitals talk about “alignment,” but when leadership changes or incentives shift, the relationship often looks very different.

The Problem With Hospital–Physician “Alignment”

AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will change throughput, FTE math, and leverage in hospital contracts. Groups that ignore this will lose negotiating ground.

AI Isn’t Going to Replace Your Radiologists. It’s Going to Reprice Them.

The FTC has abandoned a blanket ban on noncompetes, but is aggressively enforcing them in healthcare. What physician groups and physicians need to know now.

The FTC Just Told You Exactly What It’s Looking For. Is Your Noncompete on the List?

AI can either tighten institutional control over physicians or restore autonomy and human‑centered care. The difference isn’t technology, it’s who holds the strings.

AI in Medicine: Physician as Puppet or Physician as Puppet Master?

Utah has launched a program allowing AI to process prescription refills, but without clear regulatory authority or defined liability.

Utah Called It A Sandbox. Your Patients Are In It.

Physician groups often believe they’re negotiating price when, in reality, they’re negotiating value, positioning, and long-term relationships. The groups that succeed understand that contracts aren’t commodity transaction, and that the outcome is shaped long before negotiations begin.

You’re Not Negotiating What You Think You Are

As corporate medicine expands, physician autonomy declines, but opportunity grows. Why “rent seekers” are creating a powerful edge.

The Rent Seekers Are Doing You a Favor

Medical group mergers often fail not because of economics, but because of governance. When groups preserve separate identities instead of fully integrating, the result is conflict, inefficiency, and eventual breakdown. 

Medical Group Mergers and Un-Governance - Planning for Failure and Calling it Strategy

Artificial intelligence is challenging the traditional legal framework that places physicians as the “learned intermediary.” As AI systems increasingly participate in clinical decision‑making, the legal standard for physician judgment, documentation, and liability may shift in ways physicians need to understand now.

When the Machine Speaks: AI, Physician Liability, and the Future of the Learned Intermediary

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 opportunities so they have real flexibility—and control—over what comes next.

The Rise of the Portfolio Physician

There is a wide middle ground between going it alone and giving up control, built on physician-led collaboration, shared resources, and strategic alignment.

The Age of Agency

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.

Countertrends: Why AI May Save the Physician-Patient Relationship

California’s crackdown on the friendly physician model may signal broader risks for MSOs nationwide.

The Impending Death of  the Friendly Physician Model

What if physician burnout isn't about resilience at all? A different look at ownership, autonomy, and incentives.

Burnout: Physicians as “Renters” in the Rent Seekers’ World

Physicians and medical groups should understand the compliance risks before becoming unintended targets of government scrutiny.

Prosecuted by Algorithm? What Every Physician Must Know About the DOJ’s Renewed Attack on Healthcare Fraud.

As AI approaches autonomous clinical decision-making, healthcare faces new legal and regulatory questions.

Devil’s AI Advocate - What If the Doctor Is the Weak Link?

Depending on the circumstances, there might be ways to legally structure deal participation on the part of referring physicians. On the other hand, some deals just stink from the start. The problem, of course is determining which is which.

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