Private equity firms are buying up hospitals, nursing homes and ER operations. The drive for profits can run counter to helping patients, critics say.
Private equity firms have targeted health care investments for an array of reasons, most having to do with their potential profits.
Because such extenders have less training under their belts, their costs are well below those associated with physicians. In general, employing three extenders equals the cost of one physician, said Robert McNamara, professor and chairman of emergency medicine at Temple University and chief medical officer of Temple Faculty Physicians.
DeeDee Travis, the hospital's spokeswoman, said that the doctor is no longer in rotation at the hospital but that his move had nothing to do with the incident. She said rural medicine requires the use of all resources, including local paramedic staff. Darren Grubb, a spokesman for Steward, said that the suspension has"not impacted patient care" at the facility and that state officials had"validated that the ICU at Nashoba Valley remains adequately staffed and equipped to care for clinically appropriate patients."
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