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What unique challenges do you expect to face because UB is contracted/paid by a PC (University Medical Resident Services P.C.)

Our residency program is unique in that UMRS does not own a health system. Rather, UMRS is designated as a professional corporation (PC) that provides professional services. Resident salaries are paid for by the US federal government. The unique challenges that we anticipate facing are that we will be negotiating with hospital leadership for improvements in our wages, benefits, and working conditions. Since UMRS does not own the hospitals, we will not be directly negotiating with UMRS.

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“Make no mistake, come September 3rd, when we strike, the powers that be are going to cast blame at us; 831 physicians. They are going to say that we’re jeopardizing patient care, or that we have a moral obligation to go back to work. They are going to play on our innate sense of empathy for our patients. but let me say out loud what we all know is true; when we strike, every patient that receives inadequate treatment here, every second more a patient waits in the ER, every stress placed on our healthcare colleagues, and every family member who suffers from this work disruption is the result of corporate greed and the continued decision not to do what is right. Nothing more.”

– Dr. Steve Moran, PGY2 Internal Medicine

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