Last year, Oregon lawmakers passed one of the toughest corporate medicine laws in the nation, and a recent court case put this law to the test. SB 951 limits corporate influence in medical decisions and was at the center of a courtroom battle between ApolloMD, PeaceHealth and local physicians in Eugene. The issue came up when PeaceHealth announced it would not renew its contract with Eugene Emergency Physicians and would instead contract with Georgia-based ApolloMD. The case took a turn when it was announced that a tentative agreement between EEP and PeaceHealth was made. Ashli Blow is an environment and public health correspondent for Lookout Eugene-Springfield. She joins us to share more on the agreement and what this court battle says about Oregon’s corporate medicine law.
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