Becker's Healthcare March 19, 2025
Francesca Mathewes

Lisa Egbert, MD, an OB-GYN, is closing her practice, the Paragon Women’s Center in Centerville, Ohio, due to financial constraints largely driven by reimbursement challenge, Spectrum News 1 reported March 19.

Dr. Egbert operated her practice for nearly 30 years, according to the report. But in the last two years, she had stopped taking a salary entirely to cover practice operation costs.

“It’s like having a death in the family,” she told Spectrum. “It is a part of me that I’m still very upset to lose, to not have that opportunity to take care of people, which I so loved doing. I had to cover my staff. I had to cover my rent, my everything, my electronic...

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