HHS: Specialty hospitals violated Medicare rule
January 20th, 2008 Posted by: Dr. Dobson
Washington — A new report outlining violations of health and safety standards at some physician-owned specialty hospitals has lawmakers renewing efforts to ban the facilities.
The Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General investigated 109 of the country’s orthopedic, cardiac and surgical hospitals and found that more than one-third of them may be in violation of Medicare’s conditions of participation.
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