re: LA legislature denies Independent nurse practice

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A lot of ERs are now moving back to docs only as billing changes.

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Some might be, but overall the pendulum is not swinging that way. Between hospital networks and venture capital groups (who have ruined many anesthesia groups and have started Emergency Med down the same path), EM physician outlook is bleak. The mid level creep is very real and still prominent in most facilities, combined with squeezing more visits out of the EM docs themselves (reduced physician staffing even if mid levels aren’t being added). Not to mention EM has increased residency spots by something like 180% in the last 7-10 years. EM will be over saturated with physicians within the next 10 years and you’ll have a lot of physicians looking for work that they can still do with their EM training without actually staffing an emergency department.