Chief Healthcare Executive March 14, 2025
Thousands of women now need a new doctor, but Lisa Bohman Egbert writes that she couldn’t keep going. She says it’s getting harder for independent doctors to stay afloat.
Like most doctors, I always felt a calling to care for people. Quitting early wasn’t my plan, but our broken health system left no other option. December 2024 marked the close of my 27-year, solo, OB-GYN practice, leaving 2,500 Ohio women looking for a new doctor. My only available choice was to retire.
While most workers reach peak earning years in their late 40s and 50s, for me, the highest salary I ever earned was the $150,000 I took home in 1997, the year I took over a private practice. By...
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