Piecemeal: Balancing Physician Employment, Autonomy & Burnout

In the final episode of Piecemeal, Dr. Lalita Abhyankar discusses the delicate balance between physician burnout, physician autonomy, physician employment, quality of care, negotiating power, and the continuity of the physician-patient relationship.

Show Notes

In the final episode of Piecemeal, Dr. Lalita Abhyankar discusses the delicate balance between physician burnout, autonomy, employment, quality of care, negotiating power, and the continuity of the physician-patient relationship.

Guests include Dr. Jonathan Zhang from McMaster University; Dr. Farzad Mostashari, CEO of Aledade; Dr. Umar Bowers from Dawson Med; and Dr. Kyle Leggot from the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Piecemeal was produced by Dr. Lalita Abhyankar for Health Affairs.

Works Cited:

• Consolidation of Primary Care Physicians and Its Impact on Health Care Utilization (Health Economics)
• Making Health Care Markets Work: Competition Policy for Health Care (JAMA)
• Information Blocking (HealthIT.gov)
• Potential Contracting Issues of “All-Or-Nothing” Clauses: New HHS Secretary, Policy Priorities (Norton Rose Fulbright)
• Payer Trend: 'Tiering' Physicians and 'Steering' Patients (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Medicare Shared Savings Program (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

Music produced by So Brown and Jack Mason.

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