Oh totally. These networks engage in all sorts of unethical and self-dealing practices as well.
The Catholic hospital and medical network in my region was swallowed up with Trinity Health, which is a national medical network. Your interaction with a doctor or hospital is entering a sales funnel, where each additional interaction is engineered to generate more revenue for the network.
A family member had a stroke, which was debilitating and had a bunch of after affects. Prior to hospital discharge, the social worker (aka salesperson) drops a packet of nursing homes in the room and demands that it gets filled out by the end of that day. (which is illegal) That packet doesn't include acute rehab facilities, which is contrary to their physician's guidance. The list is sorted by available beds and exclusively consists of nursing homes owned by the medical network.
The Catholic hospital and medical network in my region was swallowed up with Trinity Health, which is a national medical network. Your interaction with a doctor or hospital is entering a sales funnel, where each additional interaction is engineered to generate more revenue for the network.
A family member had a stroke, which was debilitating and had a bunch of after affects. Prior to hospital discharge, the social worker (aka salesperson) drops a packet of nursing homes in the room and demands that it gets filled out by the end of that day. (which is illegal) That packet doesn't include acute rehab facilities, which is contrary to their physician's guidance. The list is sorted by available beds and exclusively consists of nursing homes owned by the medical network.