The AMA estimates between 35% and 45% of physicians are now in non-compete agreements, corresponding roughly to the increase in hospital system employment and the death of private practice. State legislatures are pushing back. It’s part of a general pushback against non-compete agreements, as FTC proposals for restricting the agreements are starting to come to a head. (This is also where we always comment that the ABA doesn’t allow non-compete contracts for attorney’s. Huh).
Who owns the patient? Physician non-competes
Counterpoint - the AHA argument that non-competes raise physician pay
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