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House may repeal ban on physician-owned hospitals

Medical Staff Leader Connection, April 7, 2011

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Republicans Doc Hastings (R, Wash.) and Sam Johnson (R, Texas) have each proposed a bill to repeal section 6001 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to AMedNews.com. Section 6001 was designed to stop new physician-owned hospitals from being built by preventing them from becoming Medicare certified. It also prevented existing physician-owned hospitals to grow or take on more investors. The ban has affected multi-specialty, specialty, and community-based physician-owned hospitals.
 



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