AMA debates resolution seeking federal ban on corporate practice of medicine
The American Medical Association has been debating a resolution urging for a federal ban on the corporate practice of medicine.
Florida emergency physician Vicki Norton, MD, submitted the resolution and helped compile a 70-page white paper on the topic, the American Prospect reported Monday. The proposal was nearly tabled, landing on a list of resolutions “not for consideration” at the AMA’s interim House of Delegates, which concludes Tuesday.
However, a radiologist unaffiliated with the reformers’ campaign gave an impassioned speech on the topic, appealing to have the resolution presented for debate, with the motion granted.
“We are being picked clean by private equity,” New Jersey radiologist Christopher Gribbin, MD, said, according to the report. “There are people who don’t know where their next paycheck is even going to come from because their groups have been flipped so often … [This resolution] is protecting both physicians and patients, it is preserving physician autonomy and preventing burnout.”
The fate of the resolution was not yet decided at the time of the report. American Prospect said the likeliest scenario is the resolution will be referred to a committee or AMA staff for further analysis.
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Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.