STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow STAT+: The ERs that can turn patients away — and are reaping millions The hospital operator Nutex enriched itself by exploiting loopholes in laws meant to protect patients, STAT found. https://www.statnews.com/2026/06/29/nutex-health-micro-hospitals-er-loophole-idr-profits/ statnews.com