Should you be concerned who owns a dental practice?
Posted Jul 21, 2018The below link is a good article on the issue of private investing firms making their way into health care. Medicine has had to deal with this longer than dentistry but dentistry has been infiltrated and we are dealing with the same issues. Many dental practices are already run by investment firms and nondoctors. Who do you think does a better job of looking out for the patient? A doctor or an investor looking to get a good return on their investment? The below article will explain the conflict of interest there.
In case you’re wondering, we (the doctors) own our practice and all treatment decisions are made by us.