The Root of the Problem

A Hospital War Reflects a Bind for Doctors in the U.S.

With fewer providers competing more aggressively for health care business, doctors who sell their practices are feeling pressed to meet financial targets. 
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Boise’s experience reflects a growing national trend toward consolidation. Across the country, doctors who sold their practices and signed on as employees have similar criticisms. In lawsuits and interviews, they describe growing pressure to meet the financial goals of their new employers — often by performing unnecessary tests and procedures or by admitting patients who do not need a hospital stay.

It's about reimbursement, not medicine.