Physicians Accuse Hospital Chain of Fraud and Overbilling
Two doctor employees say their hospitals order excess tests and overuse trauma codes, as well as engaging in other fraudulent practices.
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Two doctor employees say their hospitals order excess tests and overuse trauma codes, as well as engaging in other fraudulent practices.
A group of emergency physicians and consumer advocates in multiple states are pushing for stiffer enforcement of decades-old statutes that prohibit the ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by licensed doctors.
Doctors, consumer advocates and some lawmakers are looking forward to a California lawsuit against private equity-backed Envision Healthcare. The case is part of a multistate effort to enforce rules banning corporate ownership of physician practices.
Advocates want to enforce statutes banning ownership of medical practices by corporations not owned by physicians.
The push to reinvigorate laws restricting the corporate practice of medicine has plenty of skeptics, who view it as a misguided effort.