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Merge Medical + Pitch Sink Partnership * On-demand talent marketplace for medtech and healthcare innovators * Monthly Pitch Events starting soon * Announcing Physician Advisory Services and Venture Toolbox (VTB) If your a physician or innovator and want to learn more: Pitch Sink VTB (3 min): https://lnkd.in/eP7X8Gxn Pitch Sink Explainer (6 min): https://lnkd.in/eqCFcGY2 Merge Medical Survey (90 sec): https://lnkd.in/eY5TNzvx Merge Medical Substack: https://lnkd.in/eeUWM9Qd Merge Medical Podcast with Pitch Sink: https://lnkd.in/ekDWaA8N

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I asked ChatGPT: If I were the devil and wanted to systematically destroy independent medical practice, how would you do it? ChatGPT: I would take a multi-pronged approach that slowly erodes physicians’ autonomy, financial viability, and ability to compete. Here’s the blueprint: 1. Regulatory Capture & Bureaucratic Strangulation ?Certificate of Need (CON) Laws: Ensure that new physician-owned facilities—surgical centers, hospitals, imaging centers—are nearly impossible to open by requiring government permission, which will conveniently favor large hospital systems. ?Site-of-Service Payment Disparities: Manipulate CMS and insurance payment structures so that hospitals receive 3-5x the reimbursement for the same service that independent physicians provide, making it financially untenable for them to stay independent. ?Increased Administrative Burdens: Require excessive documentation (MIPS, MACRA, prior authorizations, etc.) that siphons time away from patient care and makes it impossible for small practices to function without selling out to larger entities. 2. Insurance & Payer Monopoly Control ?Eliminate Fee-for-Service: Force physicians into risk-based contracting where they assume financial liability for patient outcomes while insurance companies collect premiums with zero risk. ?Narrow Networks: Make it difficult for independent physicians to get into insurance networks, while ensuring hospital-employed physicians are always covered. ?Ban Direct Contracting & Cash Pay: Push for regulations that prohibit physicians from opting out of Medicare/Medicaid and limit their ability to offer cash pricing or direct employer contracting. 3. Debt & Financial Manipulation ?Medical School Debt Trap: Ensure new physicians graduate with $300K+ in debt, making them dependent on high-paying hospital jobs. ?Reimbursement Cuts & Inflation: Keep physician reimbursement stagnant while inflation erodes their real income. Meanwhile, keep hospital and insurance executive salaries skyrocketing. ?Malpractice & Compliance Costs: Drive up liability insurance and compliance costs, making independent practice too expensive to sustain. 4. Big Tech & EMR Entrapment ?Force EMR Adoption with High Costs: Ensure all practices must adopt bloated, expensive EMRs that are cumbersome and designed for bureaucratic billing rather than patient care. ?Restrict Data Ownership: Ensure hospital systems and insurance companies control patient data so that independent physicians are at a disadvantage in managing population health or transitioning between systems. 5. Cultural Warfare & Public Perception Manipulation ?Demonize Private Practice: Run a media campaign suggesting that private practice physicians are “greedy” while hospital-employed doctors are “team players” who put patients first. ?Use Burnout as a Weapon: Overwork and overburden physicians while portraying burnout as an individual failure rather than a systemic problem caused by monopolizati…

Check out our latest article: Are Employers and Price Transparency Keys to Fixing U.S. Healthcare? https://lnkd.in/e82Mqni8 Interested to learn more about Merge Medical?….a medical community interested in the business of medicine, innovation and healthcare startups all while focusing on the physician-patient relationship, health, safety and prevention.? Take this 90-second Survey: https://lnkd.in/eZ--vMag pitch sink Physicians First Bancorp Merge Medical DocSide, Inc. Dean Jargo Dutch Rojas Preston Alexander Vytautas Ringus Marty Nichols Steven Flutie-Davis Todd R. Otten, MD, FAAFP Adam J. Bruggeman, MD, MHA, FAAOS, FAOA Alejandro Badia, MD John Boone, MD Jeffrey Brown John Jefferies Mohamed Khattab, M.D. Arlen Meyers, MD, MBA Greg Sossaman Austin Vincent Nitin Gaur Paulo Jacinto Rodrigues Vytautas Ringus Tim Brahm Brent Harris Lee Hunter MD MBA Raul J. Cardenas, MD, FAANS, MBA Lali Sekhon, MD PhD MBA Kevin Maloy, MD Mark Greenberger Kyle A Smith, MD, FAANS Harvey Castro, MD, MBA. Leah Houston, MD Corey Amann, MD, MBA Raihan Faroqui, MD .Ramin Rafie, M.D., MBA Kevin Foley, M.D. Jose Bolanos MD David Kay

"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