[NPInfo] Another AMA resolution: Clinic ownership

[Jeffrey Hazzard]

    This is TOO MUCH.   They are about to awaken a giant they don't want to deal with.

--- On Sat, 6/14/08, David Mittman <dmittman at comcast.net> wrote:

From: David Mittman <dmittman at comcast.net>
Subject: [NPInfo] Another AMA resolution: Clinic ownership
To: "ACC" <acc-circle at listserve.com>, "NPinfo Info" <NPinfo at nurse.net>, paforum at mc.duke.edu
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 1:40 PM

So in states where the PA or NP needs a physician around, this would  
preclude ALL of us from opening a clinic.
Interesting how totally paranoid these people are. Boy, they even  
want to take the old American dream away from entrepreneurial NPs and  
PAs. Shameful.
PAs have been owning clinics in NY for close to 40 years. NPs almost  
as long.
If all of these rural PA and NP clinics have to close it is a great  
argument for independent practice.
Dave


AMA Resolution Seeks Limits on PA and NP Clinic Ownership

June 13, 2008 5:18 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Ohio delegation to the AMA House of Delegates is seeking possible  
limits on PAs' and NPs' abilities to own clinics and hire supervising  
or collaborating physicians.
Whereas, Societal expectations inherent in a statutorily defined  
physician duty to supervise physician extenders and thereby ensure  
quality patient care are potentially compromised if the physician is  
employed by the physician extender. The moral hazards of this  
arrangement are amplified if the employment contract is responsible  
for a significant proportion of the physician's income (> 15%) or if  
remuneration is incentive based; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That our American Medical Association define the ethical  
boundaries applicable to physicians supervising or collaborating with  
physician extenders while concurrently employed by the physician  
extender. (Directive to Take Action)
The AMA House of Delegates annual meeting begins June 14.

Link to the full resolution


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