U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Presses Ascension on decision to outsource staffing of intensive care units to private equity-backed firm

U.S. Sen. Baldwin: Presses Ascension on decision to outsource staffing of intensive care units to private equity-backed firm

TeamHealth, a private equity-backed firm, has history of business practices that compromise patient care and safety WISCONSIN – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) pressed Ascension Wisconsin on their reported plans to outsource staffing of Milwaukee-area intensive care units to TeamHealth, a private...

Sen. Tammy Baldwin calls on Ascension Wisconsin to rethink outsourcing staffing of its ICU physicians

“I am concerned that Ascension’s cost-cutting measures will once again come at the expense of patients," Baldwin wrote to the health system.