Posted by Jason Greis on November 9, 2009 under Articles | 
On Saturday, October 7, the House approved H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act. The bill passed the House 220 to 215, squeaking by with just two votes more than the bare minimum needed to pass the legislation. 39 Democrats opposed the bill, and one Republican, Representative Joseph Cao (R-LA) voted for the bill. Rep. Cao said that the decision to back the bill came after talking to his constituents, many of whom are uninsured. Read More...
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Posted by Jason Greis on October 18, 2009 under Articles |
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Posted by Jason Greis on January 27, 2009 under Articles |
On January 14, 2009 the House of Representatives voted to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (“SCHIP”). The House version of the SCHIP bill (HR 2) includes a provision contained in Section 623 proposed by House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Fortney Pete Stark that would prevent construction of new physician-owned hospitals and restrict the expansion of current physician-owned hospitals by amending certain provisions of the Federal physician self-referral law (commonly known as the “Stark Act”). Congressman Stark has said that the provision banning future physician ownership in hospitals would prevent the “unethical kickbacks that physicians receive from ownership in hospitals, most of which are of questionable safety and quality.” This legislation, if passed, would significantly impact current physician ownership and investment interests in LTACHs (e.g., investment by physician joint venture partners) and specialty hospitals and would altogether ban future physician investment and ownership in LTACHs and specialty hospitals. Read More...
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