Ethics in Patient Referrals Act

a federal law, the Stark Law, enacted in 1989, that prohibits referrals by a physician to a clinical laboratory in which the physician has a financial interest. A 1994 amendment includes other services and equipment such as physical and occupational therapy; radiology and other diagnostic services; radiation therapy; parenteral and enteral nutrients, equipment, and supplies; and home health services.

Ethics in Patient Referrals Act

EPRA

An American federal law that makes it illegal for a physician to refer a patient to a health care facility in which the physician (or a family member) has a financial interest. Also known as the Stark Act.

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For years, the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act limited physicians' ability to refer patients to facilities they owned.

Physician-owned hospitals take on the other hospitals

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