"He forced the hand of the rest of the hospital industry."

That sort of arrangement is common in the hospital industry.

In the once-staid hospital industry, just about anything is becoming possible.

The Medicaid cuts are one of several financial pressures on the hospital industry.

The hospital industry operates at an average occupancy rate in the low 60's.

"But a lot of what the hospital industry is saying now they have been saying for the past four years."

Not much was heard from the private, for-profit hospital industry until the 1960's.

Again, opponents in the hospital industry predicted chaos from his original plan.

"Capital is the only competitive advantage in the hospital industry," he said.

The impact of the plan would probably be just as great on the hospital industry.