Tag: stark
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HHS Seeks Comments on Easing Stark Law Burdens
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has requested public input on how the physician self-referral law, or Stark Law, may be interfering with care coordination. To help accelerate the transformation to a value-based system that includes care coordination, HHS has launched a Regulatory Sprint to Coordinated Care. The Regulatory Sprint is focused on identifying…
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Recent Changes to the Federal Stark Law
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the 2016 Winter Issue of Alabama Medicine magazine Most physicians are aware of the Federal Stark Law and the limitations it places on a physicians’ ability to enter into financial relationships with potential referral sources. Can I refer patients to the physical therapy practice I own? Can…