A Private Equity-Owned Doctors' Group Sued Poor Patients Until It Came Under Scrutiny

h s November 27, 2019
Jennifer Brooks, who had repeatedly visited the emergency room at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, was sued by Southeastern Emergency Physicians for $8,500 in unpaid medical bills.

After the Blackstone Group acquired a large national physician staffing firm in 2017, low-income patients faced far more debt collection lawsuits. They stopped only after news media investigated.

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