Economics
The Collaboration Imperative: Why Healthcare Executives Must Unite Against an Existential Threat
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon), C. Ann Jordan, JD
Healthcare organizations face billions in revenue losses from Medicare cuts, halted value-based care models, and reduced federal funding. Traditional siloed leadership cannot tackle these interconnected challenges. This white paper emphasizes the critical need for integrated CEO-CFO-physician executive collaboration, offering actionable frameworks for building collaborative leadership structures. Executive partnerships and physician leadership development drive superior outcomes, financial sustainability, and competitive advantage in a transformed healthcare landscape.
Influence
“Profiles in Success”: Certified Physician Executives Share the Value and ROI of their CPE Education
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
AAPL believes physician leaders who are pursuing leadership education and training — and the organizations that are supporting their effort — should be able to clearly see the value of their time, money, and effort.
Influence
Championing Physician Leadership Development: AAPL's Five-Decade Commitment Meets Healthcare's Critical Moment
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
From closing knowledge gaps in finance and AI to building emotional intelligence and peer communities, the future of healthcare demands bilingual leaders fluent in both medicine and strategy.
Economics
Healthcare Insights: Curated for HALM March/April 2026
AAPL Editorial Team
Healthcare Insights: Curated for HALM March/April 2026
SoundPractice
The Hidden Costs of Generative AI: What Healthcare Leaders Need to Know
Hugo Huang
Dive into the financial realities of adopting generative AI in healthcare! Join Mike Sacopulos and expert Hugo Huang for insights, strategies, and pitfalls leaders must navigate in this transformative landscape.
Governance
From Exception to Excellence: Governing Primary Care Exception Clinics for Compliance and Performance
Erika Fisch, CPC, Holly Hansen, CPC, CCS
The Primary Care Exception clinic allows resident-led care billed to Medicare without constant teaching physician presence, ensuring education, access, and compliance.
Trust and Respect
How to Have Courageous Conversations With Your Team
Laura Hills, DA
This article defines courageous conversations in healthcare leadership, explores when to have them, and offers strategies, ground rules, and frameworks for effective dialogue.
New Book
Career Prescription Guide: A Physician's Guide for Career Transformation or Advancement
Pamela C. Sullivan, MD, MBA, CPE, FACP, FCUCM, PT
This guide empowers physicians to navigate career transitions with confidence, align decisions with values, prevent burnout, and achieve fulfillment.
The One-Page Manager Framework for Effective Calls, Meetings, and Negotiations: A Leadership Communication Tool
Transforming Medical Leadership: Formulation of an 11-Competency Physician Leadership Model for Next-Generation Healthcare Leaders
Championing Physician Leadership Development: AAPL’s Five-Decade Commitment Meets Healthcare’s Critical Moment
Leonardo, Dragonflies, and Observation
The Art of Suffering
Life Is More Than Living
Influence
Research Roundup: Salary Disparities, Managers Who Squash Ideas, Exclamation Points, and More
Harvard Business Review
Staying on top of cutting-edge research can give leaders and their companies an edge. This roundup, adapted from HBR’s March–April issue, provides insight into topics such as pursuing goals effectively, the real reason why companies need to be multiplatform, and why gendered salary gaps may start even earlier than you might think. These insights can help you and your company make better decisions, build stronger teams, and stay competitive.
Risk Management
When the Doctor Needs a Checkup
Paula Span
As the U.S. physician workforce ages, late-career programs screen older doctors for cognitive and physical decline to ensure patient safety. Challenges include age discrimination concerns.
Adaptability
How to Demonstrate Adaptability When Interviewing for a Senior Role
Marlo Lyons
As a senior leader, your strongest advantage in today’s job market isn’t your titles, decades of experience, or a specific metric of success. It’s how your adaptability has transformed how you lead.
Adaptability
Disney’s New CEO and the Rise of “Experience Intelligence”
Marcus Buckingham
As organizations today confront trust, engagement, and resilience challenges, leaders who have “experience intelligence” have a strategic advantage.
Influence
Championing Physician Leadership Development: AAPL’s Five-Decade Commitment Meets Healthcare’s Critical Moment
Peter B. Angood, MD, FRCS(C), FACS, MCCM, FAAPL(Hon)
Healthcare's complexity — value-based care, AI, virtual care, workforce shifts—requires physicians with strong leadership. Yet many organizations rely on chance, not systematic development, to prepare leaders.