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Physician-owned hospital rules relax with House bill
In a small win for physician owners, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed a GOP bill that amends health reform provisions that currently restrict physician-owned hospital construction
Physician-owned hospital fights reform limits
Physician Hospitals of America (PHA) has filed a formal notice of appeal in its ongoing battle against growth restrictions in the healthcare reform law that make it nearly impossible for
Physician-owned hospital wins Medicare approval days before ban
A physician-owned hospital in Addison, Texas, was built at warp speed and received a Medicare provider number just three days before the ban on new physician-owned hospitals took effect, the Dallas
MedCath could be health reform's first victim
Heart hospital operator MedCath Corp. (NASDAQ: MDTH) could vanish within a year, Modern Healthcare reports. Back in April, Forbes predicted that the healthcare reform bill would spell the end for
When doctors own facility, more patients undergo surgery
With specialty hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers becoming more common, legislators at all levels need to be wary when such facilities are physician owned, according to Dr. Jean Mitchell of
Physician-owned hospitals file lawsuit over ban
Yet another group has resorted to using the federal court system to get the government to hear a message that has been falling on deaf ears. This time, it's a group of physician-owned hospitals in
Reality of physician-ownership ban hitting home for hospitals
Health reform's ban on physician-owned hospitals has so far halted construction on 27 facilities, according to Molly Sandvig, executive director of the Physician Hospitals of America. Another 40 or
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.
Physician-owned hospitals 'devastated' by reform
Not everyone is happy about the passage of healthcare reform, particularly physician-owned hospitals, which claim that the law will threaten thousands of healthcare jobs and compromise rural- and
More than half of planned physician-owned hospitals could miss reform deadline
If the existing Senate health reform bill were to pass as written, it would include restrictions on physician-owned hospitals that would prevent construction of new facilities, but grandfather in
