Physician burnout is a growing problem in the United States. In fact, burnout is now a legitimate medical diagnosis, according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11), and appears under “problems related to employment or unemployment.” The following symptoms support the diagnosis: A recent article in the Annals of Internal Medicine aimed to estimate the attributable cost of physician burnout in the U.S. by calculating the financial burden imposed on the healthcare system by physician burnout and the resulting physician turnover and reduction of worked clinical hours. The authors hypothesized that if they could show physician burnout’s true financial consequences, it would support healthcare system funding of interventions to reduce physician burnout.