111. Does Private Equity Belong in Medicine?

<p dir="ltr">What’s the impact of private equity’s increasingly large footprint in medicine? The results so far have not been promising. </p> <p dir="ltr">We dissect: what is private equity, the recent bankruptcy of the largest emergency medicine staffer in the US and how that impacts clinicians, can corporations practice medicine,  the American Academy of Emergency Medicine has jumped into the fray, does profit-driven medicine ever serve patient care, HCA has been accused of naughty deeds, performance metrics versus the one metric that really matters, the No Surprises Act, and  physician unions.</p> <h3 dir="ltr">3 free resources specifically designed to address pain points in emergency medicine practice</h3> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://roborman.com/free-resources/">Scripting your least favorite conversations</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://roborman.com/free-resources/">The quick and dirty guide to calling consults</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://roborman.com/free-resources/">My 4 favorite documentation templates</a></p> </li> </ul> <h3 dir="ltr">Registration for the Flameproof course is now open</h3> <p dir="ltr">The next cohort begins Feb 1, 2024. <a href= "https://guidewirecoaching.com/flameproof/">Learn more here.</a></p> <h3 dir="ltr">Love medicine but the job itself leaves a lot to be desired?</h3> <p dir="ltr">I work with many docs in your shoes. To learn more about 1 on 1 coaching, <a href="https://roborman.com/">start here</a></p> <p dir="ltr"> </p> <p dir="ltr">Guest Bio: Leon Adelman, MD, MBA, FACEP, FAAEM is an emergency physician and co-founder of Ivy Clinicians, a software company that simplifies the emergency medicine job search through transparency. Dr. Adelman is the author and publisher of the Emergency Medicine Workforce Newsletter, which explores the business of emergency medicine. As medical director at Tennova