“Private Equity and the Private Practice of Medicine”

Physicians now have 3 general options to practice Medicine. The first is traditional private practice. Over the last few decades, many physicians have chosen to become hospital employees. They may have an MD behind their name, but are lumped together as “providers”, just one more cost center to be controlled, no different than an X-Ray tech, or how much it costs to repave the parking lot. Many find out, invariably the hard way, that they can also be fired and unemployed if they do not please the hospital CEO.

Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - September 13, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Robert M. Doroghazi Source Type: research