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Proton-beam groups compete; Granholm veto will allow multiple centers.

Publication: Crain's Detroit Business
Publication Date: 23-JUN-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Byline: Jay Greene

In the wake of Gov. Jennifer Granholm's surprise veto last week of a certificate-of-need rule to require a single multihospital collaborative to build a $160 million proton-beam cancer therapy center, two competing hospital groups - William Beaumont Hospitals and a consortium led by the University of Michigan Health System - are moving forward with plans to develop their own centers.

It is unclear what effect two competing proton-beam centers will have on health care costs. Some experts believe costs will rise for employers and individuals because proton-beam services currently are more expensive than standard radiation treatment. (See opinion, Page 8.)

"It is pretty likely that there will be two centers built now,'' said Larry Horwitz, president of the Economic Alliance...

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