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Senate Letter from AHA, Other Organizations in Support of Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act S.709
AHA expresses support the introduction of the Conrad State 30 and Physician Access Reauthorization Act (S. 709).
Keeping the Brakes on Physician-owned Hospitals is Best for Patients
Fair competition has always been the driving principle of our nation’s economy. This includes health care, and it’s the reason the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, more commonly known as the “Stark Law,” has been on the books for decades to protect the Medicare program from the inherent conflict of interest created when physicians self-refer their patients to facilities and services in which they have a financial stake.
Analysis of Selected Medicare Quality Measure Reporting Data by Hospital Ownership
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined Medicare claims data comparing demographic and clinical characteristics of facilities and patients receiving care at physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and all other acute care hospitals (non-POHs). That report showed that relative to POHs, non-POHs care for older, more medically complex patients who are on average burdened with multiple co-morbid conditions, while also operating on lower margins and providing more uncompensated and unreimbursed care.