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Neurosurgeons Urge Congress to Lift Ban on Physician-Led Hospitals
More competition from physician-led hospitals offers a solution to address health care access challenges.
Washington, DC—Today, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) announced their strong support of the bipartisan Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act (H.R. 9001). Introduced by Michael C. Burgess, MD, (R-Texas), Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.), Morgan Griffith (R-Va.), and Vicente Gonzalez (D-Texas), this bill would establish exceptions to rules for physician-owned hospitals in rural areas.
The AANS and the CNS joined 84 organizations in a letter from the Physician-Led Hospitals of America (PHA) supporting H.R. 9001. The bill would increase access to health care in rural areas by establishing exceptions to rules for physician-owned hospitals in rural areas. The exception would allow physician ownership in rural hospitals for hospitals that are more than a 35-mile drive from a main patient campus of the hospital or critical access hospital.
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