u/Sylvia_Barrett

Paging Dr. Glaucomflecken!

Valley Health has decided to replace the physicians of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge with a private equity company currently based in Atlanta GA called SCP. The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is a national professional association representing over 8,000 specialists in emergency medicine (EM). We are concerned that the physicians of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge have been informed that, as of October 1, they will need to be employed by SCP Health in order to continue to care for patients in the emergency departments of Valley Health system. The AAEM endorses the notion that local physician ownership of their practice is the best arrangement for physicians, the medical staff, the hospital, and, most importantly, for the patients. SCP Health is owned by the private equity firm Onex. Read the rest here... https://www.aaem.org/statements/aaem-letter-support-for-emergency-medicine-of-blue-ridge-at-valley-health/

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Valley Health has decided to replace the physicians of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge with a private equity company currently based in Atlanta GA called SCP. The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is a national professional association representing over 8,000 specialists in emergency medicine (EM). We are concerned that the physicians of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge have been informed that, as of October 1, they will need to be employed by SCP Health in order to continue to care for patients in the emergency departments of Valley Health system. The AAEM endorses the notion that local physician ownership of their practice is the best arrangement for physicians, the medical staff, the hospital, and, most importantly, for the patients. SCP Health is owned by the private equity firm Onex. (1)

The American Academy of Emergency Medicine (AAEM) is a national professional association representing over 8,000 specialists in emergency medicine (EM). We are concerned that the physicians of Emergency Medicine of Blue Ridge have been informed that, as of October 1, they will need to be employed by SCP Health in order to continue to care for patients in the emergency departments of Valley Health system. The AAEM endorses the notion that local physician ownership of their practice is the best arrangement for physicians, the medical staff, the hospital, and, most importantly, for the patients. SCP Health is owned by the private equity firm Onex. (1) Read the rest of the statement here... https://www.aaem.org/statements/aaem-letter-support-for-emergency-medicine-of-blue-ridge-at-valley-health/