Hints and tips:
...Envision’s physician practice group was in the middle of the “surprise billing” controversy in which unsuspecting emergency room patients are hit with massive charges for basic services....
...Blackstone acquired hospital staffing supplier Team Health in 2016 and two years later, KKR bought physician services and emergency room operator Envision Healthcare for $9.9bn....
...The Google staff on the programme were particularly enthusiastic about field trips, including visits to doctors’ offices and emergency rooms, and an excursion with physicians providing support for homeless...
...“It’s an intervention into the very sensitive nature of what physicians do for patients. The market is already punishing these companies pretty heavily. You don’t need a government panel....
...In 2010, 36% of Medicaid spending was on hospitals, 12% on nursing care and continuing care communities, and 11% went to physicians and clinical facilities....
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