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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

She cited a “revenue maximization” policy that mandated medical staffers see at least 25 patients a day, up from 16 to 18 before the takeover. One doctor admitted prescribing the creams to scores of patients he had never seen, examined, or even spoken to, according to the suit.

Doctors 145
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Sick Profit: Investigating Private Equity’s Stealthy Takeover of Health Care Across Cities and Specialties

KHN

She cited a “revenue maximization” policy that mandated medical staffers see at least 25 patients a day, up from 16 to 18 before the takeover. One doctor admitted prescribing the creams to scores of patients he had never seen, examined, or even spoken to, according to the suit.

Doctors 52