Emergency physicians are clearly negatively affected—personally and professionally—by noncompete clauses, as revealed in a new questionnaire by members of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Health Leaders reports.
As such, ACEP is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to finalize its proposed rule to ban noncompete clauses in employment contracts. Doctors and other healthcare workers who work under noncompete clauses would be freed of those hiring restrictions under the FTC’s proposed rule.
“ACEP carefully monitors the emergency medicine labor market in pursuit of our overall goal to support emergency physicians and ensure that they are treated fairly by their employer and practice in an environment where they can best care for their patients,” Christopher S. Kang, MD, FACEP ACEP, president of ACEP, said in a letter to Lina M. Khan, FTC chair. Read more.
