File this one under "surprising to no one yet we need evidence because . . . #science". This is not a simple administrative headache; poor payer physician directories lead to #SurpriseBilling and #MedicalDebt. Let's get some #informatics over here. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2802329

Think of how #Envision, a healthcare rollup, used the capital reserves of #KKR, its #PrivateEquity owner, to buy #EmergencyRooms and #ambulance services, elevating #SurpriseBilling to a grotesque art form. Their depravity knows no bounds: an unconscious, intubated woman with covid was needlessly flown 20 miles to another hospital, generating a $52k bill.

https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/14/unhealthy-finances/#steins-law

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