Envision Bankruptcy Blocks Corporate Practice Suit, Judge Says

A lawsuit against Envision Healthcare Corp.filed in California can’t proceed in the state after a bankruptcy judge maintained the automatic stay during a hearing Thursday.

• Lawsuit alleges that the KKR & Co.-owned physician staffing firm operated a corporate practice of medicine, which is barred in the state, according to court papers
  • American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group Inc., a competing staffing firm, brought the suit in 2021 and alleged the company engaged in unfair business practices
• “These are certainly strong allegations,” US Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez said during the hearing
  • “I’m not saying they’re not going to have ...