Northwest Texas Healthcare FEDS close doors amid pay dispute

Northwest Texas Healthcare System’s Freestanding Emergency Departments (FEDs) closed their doors to patients amid an ongoing pay dispute.Emergency physicians say they were not paid from Oct. 1 to Nov. 20 and that NEW, Northwest’s third-party contractor has violated it terms of contract and was unable to meet the coverage requirement.Currently, providers at the clinics are nego...

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