tci Part B Insider - 2007 Issue 22

COMPLIANCE: New CMS Proposal Could Force You To Scrap Most Imaging Deals

The end result could be to force small physician practices out of businessMedicare isn't just threatening to cut your payments by 9.9 percent next year. It's also considering making many of the most common physician arrangements illegal. The result could be a scramble to scrap, or drastically revamp, many practices- joint ventures with other physicians or with hospitals, say experts. These changes to the Stark physician self-referral law are in the 2008 physician fee schedule proposed rule, and you have until August 17 to comment.Here are the sweeping changes the Centers for Medicare & Medi-caid Services (CMS)...

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