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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).
AHA Letter Opposing the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (H.R.2191)
AHA expresses opposition to H.R. 2191, the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act.
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.
Fact Sheet: Physician Self-referral to 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. The Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023 (H.R. 977/S.470), would allow problematic physician-owned hospitals to open and permit unfettered growth in existing physician-owned hospitals.
Protect Access to Care for Patients and Communities
Congress should enact policies to strengthen the health care workforce and reject harmful proposals that would cut Medicare or Medicaid payments to hospitals and reduce access to care and services for patients.
Select Financial, Operating and Patient Characteristics of POHs Compared to Non-POHs Fact Sheet
Dobson | DaVanzo recently examined select operating, financial and patient characteristics of hospitals in categories defined by hospital ownership.1 This fact sheet provides descriptive statistics for physician owned hospitals (POHs) compared to non-physician owned hospitals.