Envision bankruptcy could be 1st canary in the physician services coal mine

Radiology provider Envision Healthcare’s bankruptcy could serve as a warning for further impending trouble in the physician services industry, one MD editorialist contends.

The Nashville-based multispecialty group officially filed for chapter 11 on Monday, May 15, looking to restructure its $7.7 billion in debts. In an opinion piece for MedPage Today, N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, expounded on what private equity-backed Envision's demise means for radiology and other specialties.