The group represents physician staffing firms like ApolloMD, many of which are funded by private equity firms, the report notes. Its significant campaign is surprising, as the new group spent $5,000 from July 1 to Sept. 30, 2018, the same period last year, according to the report. Its spending for the first six months of 2019 was less than $200,000.
Physicians for Fair Coverage is instead promoting a bill that would allow medical billing disputes to be settled through arbitration.
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