tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2005 Issue 32

HOSPITALS: Dems Claim Dubious Patient Makeup In Some Facilities

Government likely to extend moratorium on payments for new physician-owned hospitals.Do some physician-owned specialty hospitals have racist patient-acceptance policies?While they made no outright accusations, a trio of representatives in the House thinks the issue deserves some more government investigation. The representatives also feel that until the government gets more information on physician-owned specialty hospitals, the Medicare and Medicaid payment moratorium for new physician-owned facilities should stand.In a letter dated July 28 to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mark McLellan, reps. John Lewis (D-GA), Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Pete Stark (D-CA) asked CMS to investigate...

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