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Acute Care Hospitals
Petitioners' acute care hospitals provide to the physicians
on their staff and their patients the facilities, equipment,
medical supplies, and nursing and other personnel necessary for
the diagnosis and treatment of physical conditions that cannot be
performed at the physicians’ own offices. The physicians on the
medical staff of petitioners' hospitals generally are not
employees of the hospital and usually operate medical practices
independent of the hospitals. They join the staff of the
hospital in order to gain access to the hospitals’ facilities for
use by them and their patients.
A wide range of medical procedures is performed in
petitioners' hospitals, such as diagnostic and surgical
procedures (inpatient and outpatient), emergency treatment, child
delivery, neonatal care, and intensive care treatment. Most of
those procedures require the use of medical supplies.
Petitioners' hospitals employ administrative personnel,
nurses, patient attendants, laboratory technicians, physical
therapists, and other medical personnel to provide medical
treatment to patients under the direction and supervision of the
patient's attending physician. All registered nursing positions
and many other positions require special professional or
technical training and/or certification.
When admitted to one of petitioners' hospitals, a patient is
required to sign various releases, insurance assignments, and
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