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- Tennessee Pathologists Oppose Repeal of Corporate Practice Medicine Law
The Tennessee Society of Pathologists (TSP) and the CAP partnered with the Tennessee Medical Society (TMA) to adamantly oppose an amendment to Senate Bill 1568, repealing Tennessee’s Corporate Practice of Medicine Law. With support from the CAP, the TSP effectively ran a grassroots campaign to oppose the repeal of the Corporate Practice of Medicine Law in the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to protect medical integrity and independent medical decision-making from corporate financial interests.
The TSP supports the current law, which prohibits corporate employment of hospital-physician specialists, including pathologists, radiologists, anesthesiologists, and emergency physicians. The TSP effectively argued against the law’s repeal, as physician specialists could face adverse impacts to employment arrangements and endanger patient care. Without the protection of the law, physicians could incur threats or coercion into employment arrangements that can threaten physician judgment and the well-being of patients. With collective voices of opposition, the sponsor deferred Senate Bill 1568 for committee consideration to 2022. The sponsor will hold legislative meetings over the summer with industry stakeholders to find resolve.
The TSP and CAP look forward to engaging in future conversations to safeguard the corporate practice of medicine and ensure quality health care in the state of Tennessee.