Burnout and consolidation: Smaller, independent practices are gone, and so is joy of being a doctor

It almost feels as if the financial and reimbursement environment of the U.S. health care system of the last 20 years was designed to eliminate smaller medical practices. Is there hope for physicians who want to be leaders of patient health and their own small businesses? Physicians Foundation President Gary Price, MD, MBA, says this is worrisome on multiple levels.