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1 2 O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | M AY 2 0 1 5 hospitals across the country. The ratings are based on patient satisfac- tion survey responses. • About 7% of hospitals got the 5-star rating, 34% received 4 stars, and 19% received 2 stars or fewer. All told, 81% of the hospitals received 3 stars or more. • Two-thirds (67%) of participating physician-owned hospitals received a 4- or 5-star rating. • Hospitals with physician ownership comprised 7 of the top 10 and 43 of the top 100 hospitals in the coun- try in the Hospital Value-Based Purchasing Program, the CMS program that measures the quality of care at hospitals. "The numbers are astonishing but not surprising — physician-led healthcare delivers high-quality results," says Blake Curd, MD, presi- dent of Physician Hospitals of America. "When you couple patient sat- isfaction with CMS quality data, there is no doubt patients do much better when they are treated at a physician-owned hospital." Fresno Surgical Hospital is another physician-owned facility that got a 5-star rating. "Low-cost, quality care: That's what we're all about and it's what we've always done, but it was nice to have that validation," says Fresno CEO Kristine Kassahn, RN. "This ranking is truly a testament to our staff's dedication to patient satisfaction." Fresno has an empty second-story shell that it's not allowed to build out thanks to the Affordable Care Act's moratorium, even though there's a hospital bed shortage in the community. Fresno has 27 inpa- tient beds, 13 ORs, 300 employees and 240 physicians on staff. It's a bursting-at-the-seams facility that encourages family members of total joints patients to spend the night. It would trade its 5-star rating for the chance to expand. OSM E D I T O R ' S P A G E Outpatient S urgery www outpatientsurgery.net R Magazine December 2010 AAASC Exec Director's $722,000 Buyout p. 8 • Challenges of Pediatric Anesthesia p. 20 Caring for Your Phaco Handpieces p. 50 • Stop Jumping in Puddles p. 72 Under the Wire Physician-owned hospitals race to beat New Year's Eve deadline before health law bars doctor-investors from building new hospitals. Under the Wire Physician-owned hospitals race to beat New Year's Eve deadline before health law bars doctor-investors from building new hospitals. P. 24 Frederic Liss, MD, and his partners hustled to open Physicians Care Surgical Hospital in Royersford, Pa., before a permanent ban on physician-owned hospitals goes into effect. Their hospital was one of about 20 expected to beat the year-end deadline. Others weren't so fortunate. < <<==:93:=;<<=;647<52<<0/#.<=