title: MA hospitals suffer from physician fee limits.
abstract: Massachusetts laws restricting physician fees are creating problems for hospitals as well. The physician shortage that the restrictions have created is resulting in emergency department overloads and rising lengths of stay in hospitals outside the Boston metropolitan area.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Larkin
mesh_terms: D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008404:Massachusetts; D008505:Medical Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D015442:Medicare Assignment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States