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Senator seeks physician-owner exemption on new hospital

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is seeking an exemption on physician hospital ownership for a new hospital planned to open in Murrieta, Calif., according to the Riverside Press-Enterprise. Feinstein

Health reform leaves physician-owned hospitals out in the cold

In an effort to crack down on physician self-referral to hospitals they owned, healthcare reform legislation effectively prohibits most expansion or adding of physician-owned hospitals after Dec. 31.

RAC program moves ahead after delay

For a while, CMS's Recovery Audit Contractor program was on hold, held back by a stop-work order instituted over a dispute involving vendor contracts. Now, however, CMS has resolved the dispute and