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tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 29
COMPLIANCE: Comments On Stark Rules Split Between Pro And Con
Brace yourself for a world of legal muddles if proposals go throughA controversial plan to slash your deals with hospitals and other doctors- offices could become a reality in January. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) wants to make sweeping changes to the Stark rules which govern your doctor's referrals to partly-owned entities. The rules would prevent your doctor from marking up the cost of purchased tests, receiving payments for equipment on a -per-click- basis, and sending patients to the doctors- own joint ventures. (See The Insider, Vol. 8, No. 22.) Many legal experts say these...
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