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IASIS Healthcare strongly disagrees with any limitation on a physician’s opportunity to hold an ownership interest in a full service, general acute care hospital and is actively advocating for you – our physician partners – on Capitol Hill against this legislation.
Our opposition is based on our belief that physician investment provides a long-established, competitive alternative to hospital ownership by Wall Street, non-physician private investors, government entities and non-taxpaying organizations and that physician-ownership of hospitals, in fact, results in more competition in the marketplace, lower prices, a greater ability to control costs, higher quality of care, innovation, better customer service, greater access and increased patient choice.
IASIS Healthcare has used local investment, including from members of its hospitals’ medical staffs, to systematically improve our hospital facilities, technology and operations and enhance competition with our marketplaces.
Below you will find several pieces of information that further explain our position on this issue, including:
- Key Statements of Support
A document that summarizes the top eight reasons why we support the growth of physician-owned hospitals. These can be used in conversations you might have with local physicians and/or legislators.
- Position Paper
A document that elaborates on our position stated above, while also providing background information on the effectiveness of physician-owned hospitals since the founding of America’s first hospital by Dr. Thomas Bond and Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia more than 250 years ago.
- David White's Letter to the Editor
David White, IASIS Healthcare Chariman & CEO, published a letter to the editor in Modern Healthcare regarding his thoughts on recent healthcare reform developments.
- Letter from David White to IASIS Healthcare Physician Partners
This letter was sent to all IASIS Healthcare Physician partners in April 2009.
- AMA Response to the Senate Finance Options
This is the official response the American Medical Association submitted regarding the policy options being considered by the Senate Finance Committee. The physician ownership issue is mentioned on pages 8 and 9.
- Articles and Studies
Several sources are writing about this issue. Check back often, as we’ll continue building this library of information:
- “How Doc-Owned Hospitals Align With Healthcare Reform Goals”
Modern Physician column written by Molly Sandvig, Executive Director of the PHA
- “Legislate Health Care with Care”
Op/Ed by Stan Holm, CEO of Pasco Regional Medical Center, published by The Pasco Tribune
- “Doctor Says New Yorker Used Slanted Stats Against McAllen, TX”
Published June 24, 2009 by HealthLeaders Media
- “McAllen, Texas Docs Defend Region’s Healthcare Spending”
Published June 24, 2009 by HealthLeaders Media
- Energizing Corporate Support for Physician Owned Hospitals
PHA Pulse. Spring 2009. Pages 13-14. Used by Permission.
- The Center for Health System Change recently published a report that found the following:
“Despite initial challenges recruiting staff and maintaining service volumes and patient referrals, general hospitals were generally able to respond to the initial entry of specialty hospitals with few, if any, changes in the provision of care for financially vulnerable patients, according to a new study by the Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) of three markets with established specialty hospitals—Indianapolis, Phoenix and Little Rock, Ark. In addition, safety net hospitals—general hospitals that care for a disproportionate share of financially vulnerable patients—reported limited impact from specialty hospitals since safety net hospitals generally do not compete for insured patients.”
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CONTACT US |
| Do you have a question about IASIS Healthcare’s efforts or how you can be involved?
Michele Peden
VP of Corporate Communications
615.467.1255 mpeden@iasishealthcare.com. |
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