Please share your stories here on how corporate interventions in medicine have impacted you and your practice. This includes private equity acquisitions, noncompete agreements, management service organizations, and any business intervention that has impacted your ability to practice medicine.
I was part of the diaspora of anesthesiologists from Charlotte in 2018. The disagreement was between Atrium Health and Mednax, the national management company that held the contract for anesthesia services. Eighty eight anesthesiologists lost their positions and were prohibited from working in the area due to the no compete clause in our contracts. One physician chose suicide. The rest scattered about.