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3Hooha t1_j1ublhv wrote

I’m a physician in New Jersey. They are being bought out by corporations. The problem is if you try to resist, you’ll get boxed out and made miserable by the corporate healthcare entity you snubbed. They buy up referral bases and work with insurances to get their physicians in network and everyone else kicked off. 99% of doctors want their own autonomy and control of their practice but it’s undergoing a hostile take over right before our eyes.

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JRZane t1_j20ouj1 wrote

This is as true as it gets. And they will continue to put pressure on “efficiencies” which means less face time with a doctor who will essentially “sign off” on a procedure/eval/assessment while the nurses handle the actual administration of the procedure and the support staff handled the logistics.

On paper, it’s not a bad idea (the efficiency model not the corporations buying up local practices). But a model that runs on efficiency equates to a need for high volume. And high volume leads to corners being cut, mistakes being made, and a worse patient experience. But hey, we can brag we’ve got the most “efficient” hospitals in the world!!! We got that going for us….and that’s kinda nice….

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