Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , July 2006

Too POSH for the public: Are physician-owned specialty hospitals a drain on emergency care?

References 

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  4. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Study of physician-owned specialty hospitals required in Section 507(c)(2) of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.
  5. Government Accountability Office, GAO-04-167 . Specialty hospitals (geographic location, services provided, and financial performance) . 2003; October
  6. MedPAC . Report to the Congress (physician-owned specialty hospitals) . 2005; March
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  9. Beck O . Special Comment (Hot Topics in Health Care). Moody’s Investor Service . 2005; June

 This is Part I of a two-part article. Next month: the major studies (GAO, MedPAC, and HHS/CMS); the inferences that their results do and don’t support; the implications for federal, state, and professional-society policies; and the innovative steps some physicians are taking to optimize emergency care in today’s regulatory climate.

PII: S0196-0644(06)00698-6

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.013

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 48, Issue 1 , Pages 62-65 , July 2006