LEGAL BATTLES between physician-owned hospitals, clinics and surgical centers and traditional full-service hospitals are heating up as more doctor-owned entities accuse their rivals of violating antitrust laws to keep them out of the markets.

Since the federal government lifted a moratorium on Medicare payments to doctor-owned specialty hospitals a couple of years ago, those businesses have been bringing cases against their mostly nonprofit competitors running community hospitals.

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