Roy Poses exposes that Mary Mundinger, a leading advocate of primary care nursing doctorates, is also a board member of UnitedHealth:
In particular, she is on the board of directors of UnitedHealth Group . . . for that loyalty, by 2007 she had received (per the company’s 2007 proxy) rights to acquire 345,930 shares of UnitedHealth, and in 2006 was paid $73,750 in cash and stock options valued at $412,575. That level of compensation might inspire some loyalty.Presumably, it is in the interest of UnitedHealth to hold down what it pays for primary care . . . Dr Mundinger’s advocacy for primary care furnished by “doctor nurses,” who would be less well trained and paid than primary care doctors, might serve UnitedHealth Group’s interests.
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wow, lots of interesting stuff presented there. i wonder if she will comment.
Conflict of interest if I have ever seen one!!!
What do you expect? We are all “providers” now, a term that irks me to no end!
In the future NPs can call themselves “doctor” legally. Uh huh. And patients won’t know the difference.
Poor PAs. Left out in the cold.
I propose we change our degrees to “RMD” – REAL Medical Doctor.
Kevin, don’t you ever feel a little hypocritical crowing about others advocating for legislation that benefits their bottom line when you do it all the time?
Anon 4:29
Way to ignore the issue at hand. Do you really see nothing wrong with nurses calling themselves doctors? Well then, if I were you, the next time you call a doctors’ office, I would INSIST that you see a nurse ONLY! Refuse to see a doctor and insist on the NP around.
I’m guessing you won’t, but why not. Its the same, right?
maybe we can put cna’s through a weekend course, and give them prescription-writing capabilities too.
Reason #4563 to despise the perpetually disreputable UnitedHealth.
Mike, the post is not about her calling herself a doctor, it’s criticizing her for a financial incentive in doing so, and implying that her advocacy is purchased and may not be genuine and/or based on facts or what is best for medicine or patients.
Physicians do the same thing all the time. Why so hypocritical?
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