Becker's Healthcare July 18, 2024
A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives would amend aspects of the Affordable Care Act passed to ease the ban on physician-owned hospitals.
Here are 10 things to know:
1. Michael Burgess, MD, (R-Texas), Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.), Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and Vincent Gonzalez (D-Texas) introduced The Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act on July 11.
2. The bill would allow physicians to open a hospital in a rural area where there isn’t another hospital for 35 miles, or 15 miles in a mountainous area, according to a news release posted on Dr. Burgess’s website.
3. The bill would also allow existing POHs to grow and expand services.
4. “Having owned my own...
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