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Physician groups push bill to require Oregon physicians hold majority control of local practices
Summary
Representative Nancy Nathanson introduced HB 3225 to require that a majority of ownership and board seats in a professional medical corporation be held by physicians who practice and reside in Oregon.
Representative Nancy Nathanson told the House Committee on Behavioral Health and Health Care that many constituents asked lawmakers to address the increasing corporate influence in medical practices and to clarify who is permitted to control clinical decisions. She introduced House Bill 3225 to require that the majority of voting shares and board seats of a professional corporation organized to practice medicine in Oregon be held by physicians who practice and reside in the state.
Nathanson said the bill responds to local disruptions in care, including…
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