I am in no partership with any hospital. I do not admit patients or perform procedues for the benefit of the hospital. If the hospital had all physicians like me(who make sure to admit only if necessary) they would probably go broke. Now, I MUST take unassigned call for said hospital without pay. I perform a FREE service for them. Now ,I realize there are many doctors who do have a very cozy relationship with hospitals espically in the cities and large for profit run entities. I however chose not to be part of that. I guess I am to stubborn and independent just the right type of personality to be a conservative with a libertarian bent.
See what I mean, the hospital expects something from the Dr's that practice in their facility.
If I understand your free service, do you believe the hospital should hire on-call Dr's? And why do you think this is a free service for the hospital rather than the community or the patient, who is certainly not getting the service free.