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House Republicans want Medicare to embrace physician-owned hospitals

(By Virgil Dickson, Modern Healthcare)

GOP lawmakers are pushing to ease the tight restrictions on physician-owned hospitals imposed by the 2010 healthcare reform law, arguing that the rules are shutting down a valuable source of competition.  “What are the impacts—pro and con—of this discrimination against one model of acute care, and is the current ban based on quality of service or a desire to restrain competition?” Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas), chairman of the Ways and Means Committee’s subcommittee on health, said during a hearing Tuesday. Read more…

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