by informing each patient of their fate by final tribunal.
Posted on 01/04/2011 9:51:45 AM PST by george76
Physician Hospitals of America says that construction had to stop at 45 hospitals nationwide or they would not be able to bill Medicare for treatments." Stopping construction at doctor-owned hospitals might not seem like the best way to boost the economy or to promote greater access and choice in health care, but that exactly what Obamacare is doing.
"Section 6001 of the health care law effectively bans new physician-owned hospitals (POHs) from starting up, and it keeps existing ones from expanding."
American Hospital Association ... the AHA, along with Sen. [Max] Baucus (D-MT) and Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA), are responsible for the language in Section 6001...
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
Government health care started in Canada in the late sixties. Initially, doctors could do both private and public patients. Then, they had to chose between the two. In 1984, it became ILLEGAL for a doctor to bill any patient privately. This is the road you are on. It is the road to hell!
Not news for Texas:
As a state that does not require a “certificate of need” to build hospitals, Texas leads the nation in the number of doctor-owned, limited service health care businesses, such as surgical or diagnostic centers, according to THA. Out of 100 such facilities that operate across the nation, about 50 are in Texas, with at least another 30 proposed or under development. Specifically, in the Houston area, there are currently 10 existing physician-owned hospitals and at least 12 that are pending, according to the Texas Hospital Association.
Read more: Physician-owned hospitals under fire | Houston Business Journal
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Memorial Health Care System (a night mare HC provider) was sued by the Tx AG for anti-trust actions against a Doc owned Hospital. The suit was settle with MHCS agreeing to 5 years probation and $1mil settlement with the state.
MHCS is the prototype for the nightmare Americans can expect from HCR. Herding the cattle (Americans) into the chutes.
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Link to article:
http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2005/05/23/story3.html
Does that mean the ones in existence must close or sell out to the government?
Yeah, that seems pro business and pro-growth. :sarc
The Town and Country Hospital that was forced out by MHHCS, the victim of MHHCS strong arming of the insurance companies. They told the major insurance carriers that if they held contracts with T&C Hospital, the charges to the insurers would be increased (resulting in higher premiums for their customers). The Hospital closed due to this action. (inability to get contracts with insurers).
I wonder how much Sheila Jackson Lee made off of this one.
Thanks for the ping on the locked thread.
So glad we passed it just to find out what’s in it.
This will hurt my company as we service those hospitals.
The potential problem with physician owned facilities is that health care is an area where the suppliers can create their own demand — in this case by finding reasons to put patients in their hospitals. The Wall Street Journal has conducted a couple of analyses recently, one involving back surgeries, the other I don’t remember, that suggest indeed this does happen and entails considerable cost.
When this happens it is not deserving of a knee-jerk defense as free enterprise. Given the role of third-party payers — insurance and gov’t — we are all paying for whatever abuse occurs. Sorry, but I’m not willing to pay a share of that.
Obama care has essentially stoped private hospitals from being built or expanded. It is stripping the patients of choice. Plus the added bene for ObamaCare, NO cash paying patients (wealthy). But the most neferious issue is that it drive the choice out of selecting a hospital. Forces patients into the mega Hospital Systems where the patients are $ signs nothing else.
Also it will be easier to deny services to the useless eaters.
That is why doctors have to swear the Hippocratic oath.
So what you are saying is that we CAN trust the public sector but not the doctor? Remember, you are trusting him with the scalpel in his hand but not your wallet????
While that may be true consider this. I was hospitalized for 24 hours recently ( In Northern California at nonprofit community hospital). The total bill was $44,000! Between Medicare and my personal health insurance, the hospital was paid less than $5,000. The hospital won’t discuss their billing practices but you have to believe that neither of these numbers fairly represent the real cost of delivering the care I received. This whole matter raises the issue of honesty in the health care.
While that may be true consider this. I was hospitalized for 24 hours recently ( In Northern California at nonprofit community hospital). The total bill was $44,000! Between Medicare and my personal health insurance, the hospital was paid less than $5,000. The hospital won’t discuss their billing practices but you have to believe that neither of these numbers fairly represent the real cost of delivering the care I received. This whole matter raises the issue of honesty in the health care.
Did you ask for and itemized bill?
Maybe the GOVERNMENT decided not to pay for services they deemed. NONCOST EFFECTIVE
Can’t have any competition with big brother now, can we.
Just like the government and their services; can’t match private services, so they just ban them.
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