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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 today urged Congress to oppose any legislation that would repeal current law limiting self-referral to physician-owned hospitals.
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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.

Blog: Hill Opinion Piece Touts the Wrong Prescription with Physician-Owned Hospitals

A recent piece in The Hill promoting physician-owned hospitals gives a misleading and incomplete account of these facilities and the reasons for current statutory restrictions on their growth.

Blog: Easing restrictions wrong prescription for physician-owned hospitals

A recent opinion piece in The Hill promoting physician-owned hospitals gives a misleading and incomplete account of these facilities and the reasons for current statutory restrictions on their growth, writes Ashley Thompson, senior vice president for public policy analysis and development at the AHA.

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.