Amid a nationwide shortage of physicians, contractual noncompete clauses are making it more challenging for patients to receive the care they need, particularly in more rural regions, and physicians are pushing back, NBC News reported March 3. The American Medical Association estimates that between 35% and 45% of physicians in the U.S. are bound by noncompete clauses of some kind. Noncompete clauses can prevent physicians who are trained in a certain specialty from practicing it again within a prescribed distance if they leave a hospital, which is where the detriment to rural care can increase.
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Source: https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/hospital-physician-relationships/physicians-grow-louder-on-noncompetes.html