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Advocacy Issue: Physician-Owned Hospitals

Some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals and loosening restrictions on the growth of grandfathered hospitals. Legislation has been introduced that would allow problematic physician-owned hospitals to open and permit unfettered growth in existing physician-owned hospitals.

Congress urged to maintain limits on physician-owned hospitals

National hospital groups today urged Congress to oppose H.R. 2513, legislation that would loosen current restrictions on the growth of physician-owned hospitals.

AHA, FAH to Congress: Keep ban on self-referral to physician-owned hospitals

The AHA and the Federation of American Hospitals today urged Congress to oppose any legislation that would repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals.

Fact Sheet: Physician Self-referral to Physician-owned Hospitals

Some members of Congress propose weakening significantly Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals and loosening restrictions on the growth of grandfathere
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AHA, FAH to Congress: Keep Ban on Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Hospitals

The AHA and the Federation of American Hospitals urge Congress to oppose any legislation that would repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals.
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AHA, FAH Oppose Legislation to Repeal Ban on Self-referral to Physician-owned Hospitals

The Federation of American Hospitals and the American Hospital Association, urge Congress to oppose S. 2860 and any other legislation that would repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals.

Blog: Health Affairs Article Misses the Mark on Physician-Owned Hospitals

A recent Health Affairs post gives an incomplete account of the implications of allowing new and expanded physician-owned hospitals to bill Medicare and Medicaid. 

AHA blog: Physician-owned hospitals were restricted for good reason

A recent Health Affairs Blog post by physicians “gives an incomplete account of the implications of allowing new and expanded physician-owned hospitals to bill Medicare and Medicaid,” writes Shira Hollander, AHA senior associate director of policy.