tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 17

Stark: Docs Can Have Compensation Deals Under Stark

New Stark II regulation loosens some of the payment rules.There's good news for doctors who want to do business with other related businesses without risking a major compliance headache or worse. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services finally issued the long awaited regulation implementing the Stark II self-referral law, named after anti-fraud crusader Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA). On a number of issues, CMS erred on the side of making doctors' lives a bit easier. The rule was published in the March 26, 2004 Federal Register.The big controversy that held up this regulation was the definition...

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