.@ACEPNow pro ports to represent ED physicians. They trade on the good will of hardworking physicians but seem to be really benefitting EmCare and TeamHealth. In fact, as reporting by @sangerkatz @ReedAbelson and others show, they are actually working with the PE firms on comms
See this great piece in the @UpshotNYT that identified the PE firms and ED physician staffing companies behind the tsunami of political ads on surprise billing. nytimes.com/2019/09/13/ups…
We all should have profound respect & appreciation for ED docs. Nothing makes this more clear than the pandemic. However, it enrages and saddens me to see leaders of ACEP and firms like EmCare + TeamHealth tradeoff that goodwill in an effort to make profits for their investors
.@RobertMcNamar12 and co. are doing great work trying to make this clear to the public and MDs. Not easy work when they're pushing back on $billions from the biggest PE firms in the world. Thankfully, great reporting from likes of NYTimes, ProPublica, Wall Street Journal helping
