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September 4, 2024 – Moorestown, NJ – RadCentral’s latest episode sought out a longer conversation with Attorney David Millstein, who is legal counsel for American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) professional group.
The group made news recently for suing Envision Healthcare Corporation, alleging that Envision is violating California’s ban on the corporate practice of medicine (CPOM).
A decision on the case, David Millstein says, “would have ramifications to all private equity groups that would be profound.” Envision dodged judgement when it recently removed its business operations from California.
It is a significant case, one that would have had repercussions throughout the country affecting other specialties, physician’s professional rights, and their working conditions.
The podcast format allows for lengthy comments from David Millstein regarding the case, and CPOM in general.
AAEM’s lawsuit is part of a broader debate over the corporate practice of medicine in the U.S., where concerns have been raised about the influence of private equity and large corporations on healthcare delivery, potentially compromising patient care for profit.
David Millstein excerpts:
“The corporation decides, yeah, we’re going to increase the number of scans you have to read. You don’t have to be very perceptive to understand that degrades the quality of care.”
“Private equity, be it in the form of a hospital or Wall Street hedge funds, have completely infiltrated the medical field through a variety of complicated and nontransparent transactions which, end result, is they control the practice of medicine. The amount of patients that a doctor sees when he works, how much he makes, all of these things. And, as they control the sources of patients, it will get worse and worse.”
“When you speak out and then suddenly you’re not given hours that month, or you’re given terrible hours, or you’re getting pressure because you’re not meeting certain deadlines…at some point, that slow and subtle pressure is going to affect care.”
Link to David Millstein interview podcast episode:
https://excaliburmed.com/updates/radcentral-corporate-practice-of-medicine/
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