In New Hampshire, the Hospital Corporation of America required all the doctors it hired to move 20 miles away from their HCA office if they left their HCA jobs. This meant that after years of practice, a doctor could not open up practice in Portsmouth and continue to treat the patients who were considered the proprietary property of the corporation who "owned" them.  This was obviously bad for the patients, not to mention the doctor. The corporation argued that they had invested in establishing the relationship between the customer and the doctor, as if the doctor's role in that equation was immaterial. It took years for the New Hampshire legislature to outlaw this practice--and only because patients were also legislators.

In New Hampshire, the Hospital Corporation of America required all the doctors it hired to move 20 miles away from their HCA office if they left their HCA jobs. This meant that after years of practice, a doctor could not open up practice in Portsmouth and continue to treat the patients who were considered the proprietary property of the corporation who "owned" them.  This was obviously bad for the patients, not to mention the doctor. The corporation argued that they had invested in establishing the relationship between the customer and the doctor, as if the doctor's role in that equation was immaterial. It took years for the New Hampshire legislature to outlaw this practice--and only because patients were also legislators.

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