New Hampshire legislators' efforts to entice for-profit hospitals to set up shop on the state's southern border have the CEO of Lawrence (Mass.) General Hospital concerned, according to a Boston Globe report.
"I find it very concerning," CEO Dianne J. Anderson said. "There's plenty of capacity for world-class cancer care in this area. This could pull [patient] volume out of our facilities and affect jobs here."
A New Hampshire bill allows for-profit specialty hospitals to bypass the certificate of need process, but would require those hospitals open 7 percent of their beds to Medicaid or uninsured patients.
State lawmakers are pushing incentives favoring for-profit hospitals, such as the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, by eliminating the state review process and exempting for-profits from paying certain taxes nonprofits pay.
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"I find it very concerning," CEO Dianne J. Anderson said. "There's plenty of capacity for world-class cancer care in this area. This could pull [patient] volume out of our facilities and affect jobs here."
A New Hampshire bill allows for-profit specialty hospitals to bypass the certificate of need process, but would require those hospitals open 7 percent of their beds to Medicaid or uninsured patients.
State lawmakers are pushing incentives favoring for-profit hospitals, such as the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, by eliminating the state review process and exempting for-profits from paying certain taxes nonprofits pay.
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