The New Normal: The Physician as an Employee-Pro: Restrictive Covenants are Anticompetitive Restraints on Trade and Freedom

Pro: Restrictive Covenants are Anticompetitive Restraints on Trade and Freedom

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The speaker strongly opposes restricted covenants for physicians, citing them as anti-competitive and restricting patient care continuity. They discuss how healthcare landscape changes have led to more physicians being employed by hospitals, facing non-compete clauses. The impact on patient care, physician autonomy, and hospital complacency is highlighted. Efforts by professional societies to eliminate non-competes are discussed, with some states already making progress. The FTC's recent decision to ban broad non-competes faces legal challenges. The speaker emphasizes the importance of protecting the doctor-patient relationship and advocating for physician autonomy.

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Srihari S. Naidu, MD

Keywords

restricted covenants

physicians

non-compete clauses

patient care

physician autonomy