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Hospital Stocks Down on Rumored Medicare Cuts

It will be interesting to see if the doctor partnership issue will be addressed. It is in the 1000 page bill which has yet to be changed(despite the talk from BHO). If it stays in it will be an issue for those providers in that camp. Medcath is exposed here as most of their operations have significant physician ownership. Being the general partner they will have to buy out their partners per their operating agreements. Obviously, this will be a cash drain for them

Restrictions, Bans on Doctor-Owned Facilities to Benefit Chains

All providers, be they for profit or non-profit have deals with doctors. You are better to discribe the providers as tax payers and non-tax payers. Over the years the successful non profits operate very similarly to the for profits. As the feds continue to cut doctor reimbursement the docs will look for ways to make money. The problem is the government and their rediculas reimbursement schemes, not the hospitals and not the doctors