title: Docs are buying in. Faltering hospitals are finding new life with physician-owners, but they may face challenges getting their facilities up to speed.
abstract: More physicians are stepping forward to buy their own hospitals, often aging or faltering facilities that need some special attention. Kamlesh Gosai, left, led a group that helped keep open Brownsville (Pa.) General Hospital, saving 250 jobs. Often such doc investors are confident they'll suceed in managing their fellow physicians. But others warn they'll face some tough decisions.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Romano
mesh_terms: D016361:Bankruptcy; D002140:California; D016520:Entrepreneurship / Q000639:trends*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000639:trends*; D007449:Investments / Q000639:trends*; D010067:Ownership / Q000639:trends*; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States