John Birkmeyer leads the Sound medical group and is responsible for clinical affairs and performance across all specialties at Sound Physicians. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and formerly executive vice president and chief academic officer for Dartmouth Health, Dr. Birkmeyer brings deep experience in clinical leadership, academic medicine, and health system performance.
He is nationally recognized as a health services researcher with expertise in understanding variation in hospital and provider performance, developing scalable strategies for quality improvement, and advancing value-based reimbursement. His work has focused on improving care delivery through data-driven insight, operational excellence, and systemwide accountability.
More information about his leadership and publications is available through his Sound Physicians profile and on LinkedIn.
Recent federal cuts to how Medicare pays physicians are likely to deliver significant negative consequences to independent medical practices.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) final rule for the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule imposes a dramatic reduction in payment rates for medical services performed in hospital settings by independent clinicians.
The payment reduction fails to account for the true resource costs incurred by independent physician practices, creating an …
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Medicare practice expense cuts will hurt patients
