Physician-Led Healthcare for America (PHA)

"The Issues With Health Insurance Companies, Explained by Doctors." San Antonio orthopaedic surgeon and PHA member Adam J. Bruggeman, MD, MHA, FAAOS, FAOA recently sat down with the Wall Street Journal to take a look. Click here to view the video: https://lnkd.in/gXVnKzMf

To my physician friends, To those seeing it all financialized to a fault To those feeling commoditized like cattle in a pen To those struggling with the moral injury of contemporary US healthcare To those finding exceptionalism being snuffed in the spirit of “operational efficiency” To those watching healthcare regress to the mean To those wanting more in their career To those that know their worth Instead of doom-scrolling today, take 45 min to watch the webinar below. Get to know Dutch Rojas, Benjamin Schwartz, MD, MBA, Keith Smith, Preston Alexander, Dave Chase, Health Rosetta-discovering archaeologist, Ge Bai, Stacey Richter, Eric Bricker, MD, and work of the late Marshall Allen. They'll introduce you to others. As an allegory, US healthcare has been languishing in the ICU, succumbing to shock. Despite the ECMO, the lactate continues to rise. There is no clear exit strategy or bridge to resolve the circumstance. Meanwhile, the team is exhausted and demoralized, the expense is incomprehensible, and I think I overheard someone at the nurse’s station asking about accommodations for the anointing of oil. We just had an election. Get to know your new representative. Make time to get involved. For the betterment of your career, for those professionals to come after you, your patients, and your community. Today I signed up in support of Physician-Led Healthcare for America. Let’s connect.

Almost anyone can own a hospital ... except physicians. Physicians complete the highest level of education and training in the healthcare system. Yet lobbyists in DC, in an attempt to limit competition, prevent physicians from owning hospitals. Learn more: www.physicianled.us

Bi-partisan legislation is rare in Washington, but we now have eight Republicans and seven Democrats as co-sponsors of H.R. 9001, which would allow physicians to own and operate hospitals in rural healthcare deserts. Click here to learn more about the legislation, which is supported by 86 state and national medical organizations: https://lnkd.in/gqBdA9hs

PHA president Joseph Alhadeff, MD, joined the Rx for Success podcast to talk about physician-led hospitals. Check out the podcast episode: https://lnkd.in/exv2R-VZ

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HHS issued a statement on the IV fluid shortage caused by Hurricane Helene. Click here to learn more: https://lnkd.in/ewc-3J2M

Once again, physician-led hospitals dominate patient preference in CMS's patient preference ratings. Click here to learn more from PHA: https://lnkd.in/g-4Qsm_7

Thanks to Congressmen Rudy Yakym, Sanford Bishop and Ami Berra, MD, for joining on as the latest co-sponsors of HR 9001 to bring additional hospital options to rural communities. Learn more about the legislation from 86 state and national medical organizations: https://lnkd.in/gRXj5fBP

That's a wrap on PHA's 2024 Leadership Summit in Naples. We're accumulating audience feedback for the 2025 event, and we look forward to announcing the 2025 location with cool evenings soon. (Hopefully a return back to Naples in 2026.)