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New Analysis Reaffirms Need to Maintain Current Law Banning Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Hospitals
Data from the health care consulting firm Dobson | Davanzo, released today by the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) and the American Hospital Association (AHA), shows that physician-owned hospitals (POHs), when compared to other hospitals, treat less medically complex and more financially lucrative patients, provide fewer emergency services, and treat fewer COVID-19 cases.
Study reaffirms need for ban on self-referral to physician-owned hospitals
Compared to other hospitals, physician-owned hospitals treat less medically complex and more financially lucrative patients, provide fewer emergency services and treat fewer COVID-19 cases, according to data from health care consulting firm Dobson | Davanzo released today by the AHA and Federation of American Hospitals.
FAH, AHA Oppose Legislation Allowing Unfettered Growth of Self-referral to Physician-owned Hospitals
New Analysis Shows Physician-owned Hospitals Cherry-pick Patients, Provide Less Uncompensated and Emergency Care.
Physician-owned hospitals are bad for patients and communities
For decades, the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act (“Stark Law”) has protected the Medicare program, its beneficiaries and communities from the inherent conflict of interest created when physicians self-refer their patients to facilities and services they own.
AHA, FHA blog says physician-owned hospitals are bad for patients and communities
Physician-owned hospitals are “not good for patients, communities, the integrity of the Medicare program, or providers who are actually in the business of caring for all patients, 24/7, regardless of their ability to pay or their medical condition,” the AHA and Federation of American Hospitals wrote today in a blog post.
New Study Validates the Risks of Expanding Physician-owned Hospitals
A new study funded by Patient Rights Advocate adds to the evidence that physician-owned hospitals (POHs) are not comparable to or substitutes for full-service acute care hospitals.
Blog: New Study Validates the Risks of Expanding Physician-owned Hospitals
A new study on physician-owned hospitals only reinforces Congress’ concerns amid calls by some to repeal restrictions on POHs, write AHA Executive Vice President Stacey Hughes and Federation of American Hospitals President and CEO Chip Kahn.
New Analysis Validates Need to Preserve Restrictions on the Growth of Physician-owned Hospitals
As some members of Congress continue to propose weakening Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) and loosening restrictions on the growth of existing POHs, new data from Dobson | DaVanzo show that POHs report fewer quality measures and perform worse on readmission penalties compared to full-service community hospitals.
Study: Physician-owned hospitals perform worse on readmissions, report on fewer quality measures
As some members of Congress propose to weaken Medicare’s prohibition on physician self-referral to new physician-owned hospitals and ease restrictions on their growth, new data from Dobson | DaVanzo show that POHs publicly report on fewer Medicare quality measures and perform worse on readmission penalties than full-service community hospitals
Keeping the Brakes on Physician-owned Hospitals is Best for Patients
Fair competition has always been the driving principle of our nation’s economy. This includes health care, and it’s the reason the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, more commonly known as the “Stark Law,” has been on the books for decades to protect the Medicare program from the inherent conflict of interest created when physicians self-refer their patients to facilities and services in which they have a financial stake.