Wednesday, 27 November 2019

A Private Equity-Owned Doctors' Group Sued Poor Patients Until It Came Under Scrutiny

Jennifer Brooks, who had repeatedly visited the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, was sued by Southeastern Emergency Physicians for $8,500 in unpaid medical bills.

After the Blackstone Group acquired a large national physician staffing firm in 2017, low-income patients faced far more debt collection lawsuits. They stopped only after news media investigated.

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