Link to an Philadelphia Bar Association opinion on whether a physician/attorney can receive referral fees for referring a patient to a personal injury firm.

The first year of residency is tough (can say from personal experience - wife is a physician).

As a physician if I work 1.5 extra shifts, it covers a months expenses for my rental properties.Once I have less debt, I’d inflate that more given my properties as a group would never be a total loss. 

I'm a physician and for the last 2 years I've worked as an independent contractor because it behooves me financially as I can demand more income and can stow away more money into my self-employment 401k.

I met with my physician for an hour Monday. he is part owner of a very highly rated and respected sports medicine group, that was ultimately the deciding consultant for the recent cancellation of the 2020 BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells CA.

For example, even within the travel medical professional space you'll find physical therapists, pharmacists, respiratory technicians, phlebotomists, x-ray techs, sonogram techs, medical students and residents and even physicians.

It was found that the Physician would not catch up to the net worth of the UPS working until his 50's mostly related to getting started so late going to work after med school and also the large student loan debt that has compounded interest for all of those years. 

I am a physician assistant currently making a transition out of the ER into Urgent Care.  

I earn W-2 income as a physician.

If I was a physician (I am) or an entrepreneur living and working in Silicon Valley, and paying a 50%+ tax rate, I don't think I'd like to see homeless, syringes, human waste, and smell crack smoke on my way to work, the park, or the cafe.