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> Makes me wonder why doctors don’t build their own hospitals… Doctors are not allowed to own hospitals. That was one of the stipulations of the ACA (Obamacare
by DavidPeiffer 3y ago
> Makes me wonder why doctors don’t build their own hospitals…
Doctors are not allowed to own hospitals. That was one of the stipulations of the ACA (Obamacare).
Link to the AMA, though not endorsing them as saints on the topic of healthcare costs. https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/end-restrictions-physician-owned-hospitals-expand-quality-care https://www.ama-assn.org/about/leadership/end-restrictions-p...
- FireBeyond 3y agoThank fuck for that, to be honest. Doctors who own DI practices on the side, or shares therein, tend to vastly over-refer their patients for DI. I shudder thinking about this applied across a whole trauma center.