Specialty hospital probe urged

Two high-ranking senators say new specialty hospitals may be opening despite the current moratorium on new facilities. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and Max Baucus (D-MT) say they have evidence that new hospitals have opened and want HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt to order an investigation. They also want a government study of the overall quality of specialty programs. Last year the two politicians introduced legislation that extended the moratorium on new specialty hospital construction.

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