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Perspectives on health policy affecting America's hospitals and the patients we serve.

Quality & Safety | Health Equity | FAH Policy Blog Team

Individual Health Equity Factors Should Play Larger Role in CMS Hospital Value-Based Programs   

A new peer-reviewed study, published in Health Affairs, concludes that individual health equity factors are more powerful indicators of success in the hospital value-based programs than a single bundle of several health equity measures.  With […]

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Physician-Owned Hospitals | FAH Policy Blog Team

New Analysis Reaffirms Need to Maintain Current Law Banning Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Hospitals

Data from the health care consulting firm Dobson | Davanzo, released recently by the Federation of American Hospitals (FAH) and the American Hospital Association (AHA), shows that physician-owned hospitals (POHs), when compared to other hospitals, […]

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Physician-Owned Hospitals | FAH Policy Blog Team

BLOG: New Analysis Highlights Need to Maintain Law Banning Self-Referral to Physician-Owned Hospitals

Full-service community hospitals, policymakers, the business community and governmental advisory bodies have long grappled with the shortcomings, including overutilization and higher health care costs, caused by self-referrals to physician-owned hospitals. Conflicts of interest are inherent […]

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