| Subject: | CMS Issues Final Rule on Physician Self-Referral |
| Category: | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
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| Published: | Thu, 30 Aug 2007 - 06:00 am |
| CMS has issued final regulations prohibiting physicians from referring Medicare patients for certain items, services and tests provided by businesses in which they or their immediate family members have a financial interest.This regulation is the third phase of the final regulations implementing the physician self-referral prohibition commonly referred to as the Stark law. The rule does not establish any new exceptions to the self-referral prohibition, but rather makes certain refinements... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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