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Repealing Restrictions on Physician-Owned Hospitals for Medicare Referrals.

This bill reverses changes made by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) that restricted physician-owned hospitals from referring Medicare patients and limited their expansion. The goal is to increase patient access, but it also removes safeguards designed to prevent conflicts of interest in Medicare referrals. This change affects how certain hospitals operate and receive federal funding.
Key points
Removes limits on physician-owned hospitals regarding expansion and accepting Medicare referrals.
Restores previous rules concerning financial relationships between doctors and the hospitals they own.
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Additional Information
Patient Access to Higher Quality Health Care Act of 2023
Print number: HR 977
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Process start date: 2023-02-10