Physician Led and Rural Access to Quality Care Act

This bill changes rules about when doctors can refer patients to hospitals they have a financial interest in. Currently, doctors generally cannot refer Medicare or Medicaid patients to hospitals where they or their family members have financial ties. The bill would allow doctors to have financial interests in rural hospitals that are located more than 35 miles from other hospitals (or 15 miles in mountainous areas or areas with only smaller roads). The bill also removes current limits that prevent doctor-owned hospitals from adding more operating rooms, procedure rooms, or beds beyond what they had in 2010.

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