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Stark law

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Stark law
Physician self-referral law, 42 USC 1395nn Medicare A law that prohibits a physician from making a referral to an entity with which she or her immediate family has a financial relationship if the referral is for the furnishing of designated health services, unless the financial relationship fits into an exception set forth in the statute or impending regulations
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The recent Stark Law IT exceptions, which amount to anti-kickback safe harbor for subsidizing physician's EMR purchases, were credited for removing one of the barriers to greater adoption by the medical community.
EMR adoption success limited by Health Management Technology
The scope of the Stark Law is broad enough to govern many financial relationships between healthcare entities and physicians, but is especially applicable to skilled nursing facilities.
Beware of Stark Law 'self-dealing': savvy nursing facility ... by Landy, Barbara / Long-Term Living
The Stark law governs whether, how, and when it is acceptable for physicians to refer patients to hospitals, laboratories, imaging facilities, or other entities in which they may have an ownership interest.
Self-referral rule marks return to earlier policy by Ault, Alicia / Clinical Psychiatry News
 
 
 
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