[NPInfo] Retail Clinics/Physicians andNursePractitioners/Physician Assistants

[Dena]

Once again-- WHERE ARE OUR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS?????????? What are they
doing to help/protect us???
Dena Galler
(now, as of yesterday, officially Dr Galler... not that it makes any
difference to me, my co-workers, or my patients-- but it puts a smile on my
mother's face <G>)

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of Jeffrey Hazzard
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 12:24 PM
To: NP Info
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Retail Clinics/Physicians
andNursePractitioners/Physician Assistants

   We've tried everything else for 30 years.  No progress.  Time to pursue a
restraint of trade.   I think it has merit.
              Jeff

--- On Wed, 7/30/08, Havens, Shelby <havens.shelby at mail.dc.state.fl.us>
wrote:

From: Havens, Shelby <havens.shelby at mail.dc.state.fl.us>
Subject: RE: [NPInfo] Retail Clinics/Physicians and
NursePractitioners/Physician Assistants
To: "NP Info" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 2:54 PM

Dear Meg:

I totally agree. We've lost ground here in Florida, too. I work in a prison
for the express purpose of having autonomy. There aren't many physicians who
want to practice correctional medicine, so the playing field is more level
behind bars. The working environment sucks, but autonomy is one of the most
important factors for me in job satisfaction, so this type of setting suits
me
just fine. 

If anyone files a class action lawsuit, please count me in! I really don't
think this will ever happen, but just in case someone is gutsy enough to try
it,
please let me know!

Best Regards,

Shelby Havens, ARNP

       

-----Original Message-----
From: npinfo-bounces at nurse.net [mailto:npinfo-bounces at nurse.net] On Behalf
Of
Meg
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 2:46 PM
To: NP LISTSERV
Subject: [NPInfo] Retail Clinics/Physicians and NursePractitioners/Physician
Assistants

What I see happening is that we've allowed this entire venue to slip
through our fingers here...and it boils down to hard care economics. If
physicians want to work in Retail Clinics...fine....one wonders what their
salaries will be? surely not $45 per hour right? they are slowly but surely
completely undermining our ability to earn a living...and this is
getting serious.  This will always be about the money whether people want to
believe this or not... not about care...not about patient convenience...not
about safety...these are buzz words designed to make people look the other
direction...but... it seems to be working !!.
 
I see a time when we've lost so much ground...there's nothing left for
us to do...except  pack our bags and move on. They have successfully usurped
ever single venue we've tried our hand at......it now comes down to dollars
and cents...my dollars and your dollars. I see a huge class action suit
developing here....a huge court battle...and who will win? They (the AMA)
could
not over throw the Osteopaths nor the chiropractors...we are next...will we
l
give them the fight in court?...or will we simply roll over and say...take
it
(all of it)...it's yours...just my thoughts for the day.
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