US physicians are becoming more entrepreneurial to cope with the seismic shifts happening since the passage of legislation creating Obamacare. They are being forced to rethink business models, innovate and create value by offering new products, services, care delivery and process improvements. But, physician entrepreneurs are challenged by how to reconcile the ethos of business with the ethos of medicine. Some see practicing compassionate capitalism as the solution.

By now you know that a) hospitals are gobbling up practices, b) hospitals are gobbling up each other and becoming vertically integrated delivery networks, and c) health insurance companies are merging, too.  

Privatizing the VA has reached the level of presidential politics. In the midst of reports, white papers, scandals, Congressional hearings, leadership changes at the top and pushback from Veterans organizations, Veterans Day seemed like an appropriate time to fire the shot heard around Iowa and New Hampshire with many chiming in on whether all or part of the VA should be privatized. Conservatives like the idea. As you would suspect, the majority of veterans don't. Doctors don't want to work there.