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Out of practice – Doctor exodus strains system in Helena, Montana

In the past seven months, there’s been a 25 percent drop in Helena’s primary-care physician work force.

Physician Kurt Kubicka spent a dozen years as a family doctor in Helena and served as many as 3,000 patients, but decided late last year to leave his private practice.

“It was a very, very difficult decision,” he says. “I went into (medicine) anticipating I would continue to do family practice, and it was discouraging that it was becoming less and less viable.”

Kubicka, who left to become a staff physician at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Fort Harrison, is not the only primary-care doctor in Helena who’s recently left his practice.

By MIKE DENNISON, IR State Bureau

Full Story: http://helenair.com/articles/2009/07/05/top/65st_090705_departingdocs.txt

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Departing doctors often face hassles over ‘non-compete’ clauses in contracts

By MIKE DENNISON, IR State Bureau

When Helena physician Elaine Samuel decided to leave St. Peter’s Hospital last year to work for the Veterans Administration health center in town, the hospital said she had violated a “competition” provision in her contract and owed the hospital at least $75,000.

Samuel sued the hospital, saying the non-compete provision is invalid.

Full Story: http://helenair.com/articles/2009/07/05/state/66st_090705_noncompete.txt

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