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Doctors are disappearing from ERs

A private equity–owned medical staffing company employs fewer doctors in its ERs as a cost-saving initiative

Salon · Apr 10, 2023

Doctors are disappearing from emergency rooms as hospitals look to cut costs

Pregnant and scared, Natasha Valle went to a Tennova Healthcare hospital in Clarksville, Tennessee, in January 2021 because she was bleeding. She didn’t know much about miscarriage, but this seemed like one.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

ERs staffed by private equity firms aim to cut costs by hiring fewer doctors

Increasingly, private equity firms shape staffing decisions at hospital emergency rooms, research shows. One apparent effect: Hiring fewer doctors and more health care practitioners who earn far less.

WEKU · Feb 11, 2023