[mrosett]

These are two distinct issues.

The study you linked concerns whether the hospital is owned by a nonprofit or by a private equity group.

The question in this study is whether physicians work for their own practice or for the hospital directly, regardless of the ownership of the hospital.

[ikiris]

This issue is much more linked than you think, because its a strategy to upcode to have external practice groups.

[mrosett]

Your assertion runs counter to the original article, which says that acquiring external practice groups raises prices.