Becker's Healthcare August 15, 2024
A newly introduced bipartisan bill, the Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act, aims to loosen restrictions on physician-owned hospitals.
The bill –– introduced by Reps. Michael Burgess, MD (R-Texas), Tony Cardenas (D-Calif.), Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas) –– seeks to expand the existence of existing physician-owned hospitals, according to an Aug. 14 article published by the American Medical Association.
The growth of physician-owned hospitals has slowed dramatically since 2010, according to the AMA, which cites the passage of the Affordable Care Act and a hospital-lobbied provision within the law that prevented any new physician-owned hospitals from opening.
The new...