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Friday, April 23, 2010
Bitter pill: Federal health reform forces Kansas Spine Hospital to shelve expansion plans
Wichita Business Journal - by Josh Heck
Dr. Raymond Grundmeyer III, a neurosurgeon at Kansas Spine Hospital, says the federal health care reform bill limits the growth of physician-owned facilities and will restrict competition in the industry. Kansas Spine has put its plans to add two operating rooms on hold.
Tom Schmitt looks out the window toward the area where Kansas Spine Hospital LLC planned to add two operating rooms and wonders what will happen with the expansion.
The northeast Wichita specialty hospital put its plans on hold, even after soliciting bids from contractors, because the recently passed federal health care reform law aims to limit the growth of physician-owned facilities.
The law essentially freezes any expansion plans for physician-owned hospitals for the foreseeable future. Any facility that wants to expand will have to go through a series of steps to prove its expansion is based on need. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would have the final say.
Executives at physician-owned facilities and their advocacy groups say the new law puts their facilities at a competitive disadvantage by limiting growth and restricting patient choice. Like with Kansas Spine Hospital, they say, the law also hampers their ability to plan for future growth.
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That's OK, Mr. President, we have plenty of great job openings in the Wichita area...we don't need any more. You're doing a miraculous job. We understand you can't rule (I mean govern *sorry*) by the polls. Pay no attention to Main Street Americans, you and the rest of the educated, compassionate liberals know best. Carry on, sir.
Bitter pill: Federal health reform forces Kansas Spine Hospital to shelve expansion plans
Wichita Business Journal - by Josh Heck
Dr. Raymond Grundmeyer III, a neurosurgeon at Kansas Spine Hospital, says the federal health care reform bill limits the growth of physician-owned facilities and will restrict competition in the industry. Kansas Spine has put its plans to add two operating rooms on hold.
Tom Schmitt looks out the window toward the area where Kansas Spine Hospital LLC planned to add two operating rooms and wonders what will happen with the expansion.
The northeast Wichita specialty hospital put its plans on hold, even after soliciting bids from contractors, because the recently passed federal health care reform law aims to limit the growth of physician-owned facilities.
The law essentially freezes any expansion plans for physician-owned hospitals for the foreseeable future. Any facility that wants to expand will have to go through a series of steps to prove its expansion is based on need. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would have the final say.
Executives at physician-owned facilities and their advocacy groups say the new law puts their facilities at a competitive disadvantage by limiting growth and restricting patient choice. Like with Kansas Spine Hospital, they say, the law also hampers their ability to plan for future growth.
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That's OK, Mr. President, we have plenty of great job openings in the Wichita area...we don't need any more. You're doing a miraculous job. We understand you can't rule (I mean govern *sorry*) by the polls. Pay no attention to Main Street Americans, you and the rest of the educated, compassionate liberals know best. Carry on, sir.
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