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“For-profit companies tied to health care providers should have to tell HHS who owns and controls them, how money and debt move through the business, how staffing and services changed, whether facilities closed, and what political spending or worker complaints occurred. Private-equity-owned firms should report extra financial and workforce details.”
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“Health care providers should face federal limits or review before certain REIT sale or lease deals that could weaken the provider or put public health at risk, and REIT tax treatment for qualified health care property rent should change.”
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“When HHS finds that a hospital closure or service cut would harm access to essential care, the hospital should have to propose ways to reduce the harm and allow public comment. HHS could help create another plan with local providers, delay closures by agreement, penalize violations through Medicare enrollment limits, report national closure trends, and leave state and local protections in place?”
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“Medicare hospitals should usually have to tell HHS 90 days before closing or cutting services, explain who and what would be affected, and keep essential services running during the notice period unless that would clearly put health or safety at risk.”
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“Medicare Advantage plans should have to tell the federal government which providers they own or control, how much they pay those providers in bonuses or incentives, how much they collect back for shared losses, and the same totals for providers they do not own or control.”
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“Medicare should again allow doctors more room to refer patients to hospitals that the doctors own or invest in, instead of keeping the 2010 health law limits on those referrals.”
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“Doctor-owned hospitals should have more ability to open, expand, or take Medicare patients under the older Medicare hospital-ownership rules.”
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“Private equity firms should need an HHS license before buying or investing in health care providers, pay license fees that support safety-net and workforce programs, and risk license loss, forced sale of holdings, or large penalties for violations or harmful practices.”
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“MedPAC should report to Congress every three years on shared ownership among Medicare plans, providers, pharmacies, drug plans, and pharmacy benefit managers, including how those ownership ties may affect access, prices, care quality, and patient results.”
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