[NPInfo] Retail Clinics/Physicians andNursePractitioners/Physician Assistants

[Jeffrey Hazzard]

     Dave
      Thank you.  If there were 258,000 clones of you, we'd be much more powerful.
           Jeff

--- On Fri, 8/1/08, David Mittman <dmittman at comcast.net> wrote:

From: David Mittman <dmittman at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [NPInfo] Retail Clinics/Physicians andNursePractitioners/Physician Assistants
To: "NP Info" <npinfo at nurse.net>
Date: Friday, August 1, 2008, 1:42 PM

I just sent 5 letters!
That's the best thing we can do. Write the UAW and let them know we  
are watching......
Dave

On Aug 1, 2008, at 1:27 PM, Dena wrote:

> 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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