Under the regulations a group practice must consist of a single legal entity operating primarily for the purpose of being a physician group practice.
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CMS Revises Your Compensation Plan – Success in Motion
Take a seat, relax, and learn why the updated STARK regs might affect your compensation.
CMS Opines That Stark Isn’t That Stark – Advisory Opinion Guidance on a Parent-Subsidiary Practice Model That’s Still a Single Group Practice – Podcast
Under the regulations a group practice must consist of a single legal entity operating primarily for the purpose of being a physician group practice.
CMS Opines That Stark Isn’t That Stark – Advisory Opinion Guidance on a Parent-Subsidiary Practice Model That’s Still a Single Group Practice
Under the regulations a group practice must consist of a single legal entity operating primarily for the purpose of being a physician group practice.
Does More Financial Pressure on Hospitals Signal the Return of Questionable Medical Directorships? – Medical Group Minute
Does More Financial Pressure on Hospitals Signal the Return of Questionable Medical Directorships?
A Not So Love Triangle: When PE Met AKS Who Met Stark
It’s not quite when Harry Met Sally. As you certainly know, there’s been a flood of investor money, notably private equity money, it into many medical specialties over the last decade. Depending on what specialty you’re in, private equity investment is just beginning to ramp up. For example, I’m seeing an uptick in deals in…
Does More Financial Pressure on Hospitals Signal the Return of Questionable Medical Directorships? – Podcast
In the Wild West days of the 1980s and 90s, it wasn’t uncommon to see as many medical directors receiving stipends from a hospital as there are aspirins in a Costco-size bottle.
Does More Financial Pressure on Hospitals Signal the Return of Questionable Medical Directorships?
Today, and tomorrow, as more and more surgical procedures leave the hospital setting for ASCs and other outpatient facilities, query whether hospital administrators will revisit medical directorships with renewed fervor as they seek ties that bind.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: Texas County Hospital Settles False Claims Act Suit – Podcast
Once again, this case demonstrates that simple, facial reliance on safe harbors under the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark do not guaranty safety for either hospitals or their physician employees and subcontractors.
A Good Reason and the Real Reason for Restricting Physician Owned Hospitals – Medical Group Minute
To paraphrase J.P. Morgan, we always have two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason.