HealthExec September 16, 2024
A coalition of 86 medical organizations has issued a letter to Congress, urging lawmakers to lift the moratorium on physician-run hospitals, which are currently banned by Title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
The undersigned of the letter—including the American Medical Association, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons, American College of Surgeons, American Osteopathic Association and American College of Cardiology, among others—expressed support for the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (HR 9001), a proposed law that would amend Title XVII to allow physicians to open and operate hospitals, specifically in rural and hard-to-access parts of the country that may not have currently have one.
Certain provisions of the Affordable Care Act banned new physician-owned hospitals from...
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