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Dr. Akash Bhagat on Free-Standing Emergency Rooms

Bhagat is the owner and medical director of Memorial Emergency Center and Memorial Heights Emergency Center.

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Texas suffers from a shortage of medical professionals. Many residents wind up turning to the emergency room for immediate medical care. That’s led to a rise in “free standing ERs, without the long waits of hospital ERs but with comparably higher costs. Dr. Akash Bhagat is the owner and medical director of Memorial Emergency Center and Memorial Heights Emergency Center. He joins Andrew Schneider on the Bauer Business Focus.

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Andrew Schneider

Andrew Schneider

Politics and Government Reporter

Andrew Schneider is the senior reporter for politics and government at Houston Public Media, NPR's affiliate station in Houston, Texas. In this capacity, he heads the station's coverage of national, state, and local elections. He also reports on major policy issues before the Texas Legislature and county and city governments...

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