Judge Denies Envision Healthcare's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit

Wed Jun 1 10:26:53 PDT 2022

June 1, 2022

Judge Denies Envision Healthcare's Motion to Dismiss Lawsuit

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On December 20, 2021,
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California alleging the illegal corporate practice of medicine.

In March, Envision filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On May 20, 2022,
the Court met to hear the argument.

We are excited to update you that the judge denied their motion to dismiss.

What This Means

This decision means that the Court has held that the allegations we make, if
proven, are sufficient to sustain a violation of California law.

It demonstrates our theory of the case is sound. The judge sustained the
entire complaint with its many components, which you can read below.

Members, know that this doesn't mean we've won, and it doesn't mean we will.
This is however, the first step we needed to move forward to stop Envision's
corporate practice of medicine.

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Our Patients. Our Specialty. Our Campaign.

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AAEM is the only EM organization that speaks and acts against the harmful
influences of the corporate practice of medicine.

The Envision Lawsuit is about us putting our money where our mouth is and
has always been.

We are not seeking any monetary compensation from the lawsuit. Our goal is
to stop Envision's corporate practice of medicine.

To do this, we need your help. You can support this initiative in several
ways:

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What is the Corporate Practice of Medicine?

Every emergency physician should have an understanding of what the corporate
practice of medicine is, why it is banned or restricted in most states, and
how its spread has hurt the specialty of emergency medicine.

The corporate practice of medicine occurs whenever an non-physician
individual or corporation exerts control over the medical decision-making or
collects reimbursement for the medical services of physicians. Much of the
physician practice management industry in emergency medicine, through a
series of legal loopholes and maneuvers, has been controlling physician
practice since the foundation of the specialty.

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