Thread by @Suburbanbella

Physician colleagues, please, please, please stop accepting positions from recruiters like the one below. This is how you keep enabling the illegal practice of medicine. In response to a perfectly legitimate question by a physician, he accuses the doc of being egotistical.

2)In addition to being unprofessional, the recruiter is incorrect in implying that an attorney would advise a physician that it is perfectly safe(or legal)for them to "collaborate" with an unknown NP in another state practicing hormone replacement therapy(HRT). For the record,

3)there are no NP programs that exist in the specialty of Endocrinology. New grads and physicians early in their career are vulnerable to this type of sales pitch. Don't fall for it. Unfortunately, there are corrupt and greedy physicians who actually sign up for this s**t.

4)Like dirt, they will always be with us. It's not about them. I'm speaking to those of you with good intent. Don't believe this s**t. There is only one way in which you can be guaranteed not to be sued, be it in a supervised or unsupervised state. That is to be indemnified.

5)"Indemnify: secure (someone) against legal liability for their actions"--Oxford Languages. In other words, you have something in writing from the employer stating that they will be legally responsible for any mishaps caused by the NPP under your supervision. There is only one

6)state that indemnifies physicians and it is specific. Surgeons supervising CRNAs in AZ. Otherwise, nothing prevents attorneys from holding docs accountable, they don't have any obligation under FPA or OTP laws and can ignore them. Another pearl: "Collaboration" is a misnomer

7)for "shoddy to non-existent" supervision. Collaboration is inherent in clinical practice. When it is mandated or required, it is supervision. Period. And docs are liable. This is a HRT clinic that was shut down in TX, thanks to one physician who suffered harassment and abuse

8)from NPs and people in the community for months, for trying to protect patients. As a result of her actions, two NPs relinquished their licenses, three so-called supervising physicians went before the Texas Medical Board and the clinic closed. Had the
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9)BON acted on her concerns almost 2 years prior, that child who ended up with thyrotoxicosis would not have been harmed and two men might still be alive. @pppforpatients @TakeMedBack @amytownsendmd @robertpainter