Noncompete clauses affect between 37 and 45 percent of physicians, according to the report. They limit career advancement and restrict physicians’ ability to provide care in economically or socially marginalized communities.
Removing noncompete clauses is a way to improve patient access, increase the availability of specialist coverage and reduce health inequities.
The AMA delegates adopted policies to support legislation that prohibits noncompetes for physicians and oppose restrictive noncompetes as a contingency of employment for physicians-in-training.
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