RMV->) Re: "Can Surgery Centers Profit From Anesthesia?" (April, page 64). This article is counterproductive at best and unseemly at worst. When in the same issue others are describing the scrutiny that physician-owned surgical facilities are increasingly fending off, it would seem that physician-owners would be looking to consolidate their friends rather than make new enemies. Why would any good, smooth-running surgical center want to shave profits from another provider when it's obvious that this will cause resentment and lead to negativity?

Donald Claeys, MD
Anesthesiologist
Emerald Valley Anesthesia Service
Eugene, Ore.
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