tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2003 Issue 41

Hospitals: TURF BATTLE OVER SPECIALTY HOSPITALS CONTINUES

GAO weighs in on the debate.  The growing popularity of specialty hospitals has general hospitals in a panic - and lawmakers and regulators may make the lives of physicians who invest in specialty facilities trickier than ever. While advocates of specialty hospitals maintain that their focused mission improves quality and cuts costs, general hospitals worry that specialty hospitals siphon much-needed revenue from full-scale hospitals without providing the range of services most communities need. The latest entry into the ongoing debate on the issue is a new report from the General Accounting Office. In "Specialty Hospitals: Geographic Location, Services...

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