Clevelanders Shaking Up the Way Doctors Are Paid in Britain

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The largest city on Lake Erie is causing a stir in London, as healthcare provider Cleveland Clinic is plotting a foreign expansion that is promising doctors across the pond salaries unheard of in England.

Private hospitals in the UK normally hire doctors employed by the publicly funded National Health Service as consultants in their spare time on a fee-for-service basis. That keeps costs down, as doctors only get paid when they are treating patients.

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