Re: Even more info about the SP hospital--physician relationships
Author: Carol L. Voss
Date: 01-25-2013 - 09:00
John West Wrote:
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> More Google stuff. The link is to a summary of a
> legal case that provides some interesting insight
> into the end game for the SP Hospital Assocation.
> It is a bit complex, but my take on it is it is a
> sad ending for what started as a really good idea.
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> An interesting legal case
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> JBWX
Very convoluted legal case. Big difference between the SP/physician relationship and the Kaiser/physician--Permanente Medical Group---is that the docs are NOT employees of Kaiser Hospitals and Health Plan which is a non-profit. The Permanente Medical Group (TPMG) is a private FOR PROFIT corporation which contracts with Kaiser Hospitals and Health Plan to provide the care, and they do it exclusively. Very interesting relationship with the two entities having each other by the gonads so to speak. :-)
C.