Physician-owned hospitals across Indiana have joined together to form the Indiana Physician Hospital Association, Inc. (IN PHA), to improve access to healthcare and advocate for greater control of superior patient care by physicians and their patients.
The new state association formed as a result of ongoing efforts in Congress to pass healthcare reform that would threaten the existence of physician-owned hospitals across the nation. The healthcare reform bill contains language that bans new physician-owned hospitals and does not allow existing facilities to expand to meet increasing demands for service. Fifteen communities across Indiana are served by physician-owned hospitals, which employ more than 4,000 nurses and staff, and 2,610 physicians.
IN PHA will act as a statewide advocate on behalf of physician-owned hospitals in Indiana, similar to the mission performed at the national level by Physician Hospitals Association of America (PHA).
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