Becker's Healthcare October 25, 2024
Physician-owned hospitals have been a contentious topic in healthcare for years, especially since the enactment of the Affordable Care Act, which placed limits on new and expanded physician ownership of hospitals.
Advocates argue that these hospitals offer significant benefits in terms of cost savings and patient outcomes, while opponents claim that they create an uneven playing field, primarily serving healthier, better-insured patients.
Here are 10 key notes to know:
1. Until 2010, physicians could own hospitals. However, the ACA closed a critical ownership exception, banning new POHs and limiting the expansion of existing ones. Only physician-owned hospitals that were grandfathered in at the time could continue to operate, but even these faced restrictions on growth.
2. Legislators are currently...
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