Industry Pulse: Freestanding ECs Gaining Their Own Lobbyists

Adeptus Health and its First Choice brand is the country’s largest owner/operator of freestanding emergency centers (FECs).  Photo courtesy of Adeptus Health

Adeptus Health and its First Choice brand is the country’s largest owner/operator of freestanding emergency centers (FECs).
Photo courtesy of Adeptus Health

Whenever a new idea or product disrupts the status quo, regulation is sure to follow.

This looks to be the case with the growing freestanding emergency center (FEC) sector, which is coming under scrutiny from hospitals and health systems, some of which operate their own FECs, and state and federal governmental bodies.

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