Vermont became the third state since the start of last year to try to keep private equity out of the examining room, as physicians and lawmakers increasingly take a skeptical view of corporate investors in medicine.
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, on Monday signed into law a bill prohibiting corporate entities such as private-equity firms and hedge funds from interfering in the practice of medicine at healthcare facilities that they back. The law also requires healthcare companies to publicly report their ownership and investors.
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