STAT+: Why so many primary care doctors are switching between two Harvard-affiliated hospital systems
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Six primary care providers at a single Mass General Brigham practice are moving to rival Beth Israel Lahey Health in January, raising to\u00a0at least 18<\/a>\u00a0the total number of such defections from the state\u2019s largest health care system to the second largest in less than a year.<\/p>\n The move, the latest development in the two institutions\u2019 fierce rivalry, is expected to cost MGB millions of dollars in revenue. It also represents another symbolic blow to the health system, which has been\u00a0under fire from some of its own primary care physicians<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s relatively unusual for people to change affiliations at all, and particularly from the dominant market player to the second-biggest market player,\u201d said Paul Levy, who served as chief executive of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center from 2002 to 2011. \u201cYou want to look into why.\u201d<\/p>\n Continue to STAT+ to read the full story\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n