Oregon limits corporate involvement in medicine: Implications for drusso?

[callmeanesthesia]

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Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Corporate investors hoping to take over local health care facilities in Oregon could soon face one of the hardest markets nationwide.

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How do we all feel about laws like this? It limits corporate employment of physicians, and bans non-competes, but it sounds from this article like hospitals were exempted.

 

[drusso]

Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Corporate investors hoping to take over local health care facilities in Oregon could soon face one of the hardest markets nationwide.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

How do we all feel about laws like this? It limits corporate employment of physicians, and bans non-competes, but it sounds from this article like hospitals were exempted.

Yeah, it seems pretty tenuous for hospitals. The hospital exemption for CPOM in Oregon was crafted in the 1970's during the early days of the HMO movement and was intended to allow rural hospitals and hospital districts to recruit and employ certain hospital based specialists (radiologists, pathologists, anesthesiologists, etc) who otherwise not be able to be financially sustainable in a rural area. It was based upon a single opinion by the state Attorney General. No one could imagine what would happen next...

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Oregon legislation would help keep private equity out of exam room • Oregon Capital Chronicle

The struggle for control over Oregon's health care system has reached a critical turning point, with the influx of private equity firms.

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I think what everyone wants to know is, "When is a 'non-profit' hospital just cosplaying an MSO?"

Healthcare Reform Creates Provider Monopolies | The Lund Report

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Opinion: Striking A New Bargain for Oregon Hospital Community Benefit Programs | The Lund Report

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Clearly, if hospitals are acting like MSO's, perhaps they should be regulated as such....

 

[drusso]

Bill enacting nation’s strictest limits on corporate health care influence signed by Gov. Kotek • Oregon Capital Chronicle

Corporate investors hoping to take over local health care facilities in Oregon could soon face one of the hardest markets nationwide.

oregoncapitalchronicle.com

How do we all feel about laws like this? It limits corporate employment of physicians, and bans non-competes, but it sounds from this article like hospitals were exempted.

Newsom signs bill limiting PE:

https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-newsom-signs-bill-to-curb-private-equitys-role-in-healthcare-5b608f2b

"With the new law, California becomes the second state this year, after Oregon, to strengthen rules prohibiting corporate meddling in healthcare decisions. Such prohibitions exist in dozens of states, but many doctors, nurses and policymakers want to toughen them up as a buttress against private equity’s influence in the sector."

 

[Ferrismonk]

I don't have a problem with this, but they should also treat hospital systems like doctors and apply Stark and anti-kickback to them as well.

 

[drusso]

I don't have a problem with this, but they should also treat hospital systems like doctors and apply Stark and anti-kickback to them as well.

...those conversations are happening...

 

[epidural man]

I like legislation to make non-competes illegal. They seem evil to me.

 

[hyperalgesia]

I like legislation to make non-competes illegal. They seem evil to me.

I agree. They are not conducive to a free and far market.