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| N.Y. Times Reports on Physician-Owned Hospitals |
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| Written by Stephanie Wasek | |
| Tuesday, 10 June 2008 | |
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Congressional Democrats have been pushing curbs on physician-owned hospitals as a way to contain Medicare costs, but lobbyist efforts are carving out exemptions for some facilities, reports the N.Y. Times in a story not very favorable to physician-ownership and specialty hospitals.
The story chronicles the last three pieces of legislation (covering 10 months) that have included anti-physician-owned hospital language, and quotes Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-N.J.), chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health as saying that physician-owned hospitals are "overutilized. Physicians are referring patients to these hospitals in many cases for unnecessary procedures." The report also briefly discusses the hardships that physician-owned hospitals would face if negative legislation were to be enacted, and in the final two paragraphs quotes Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas), an obstetrician-gynecologist, as saying that "Congress should 'keep its hands off' doctor-owned hospitals. ? 'If you want to invest in a hospital, if you are willing to put personal capital at risk, you should not be forbidden to do so just because you are a doctor.'" Read the full N.Y. Times article.  |
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