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26 Aug 2009, 10:31 am by Todd Rodriguez
The number of physicians seeking employment with hospitals seems once again to be on the rise and not surprisingly, physicians negotiating those arrangements will do their best to ensure that they are paid fairly for their services. [read post]
31 Dec 2023, 5:56 am by Ben Vernia
Under the Stark Law, when a hospital employs a physician, the hospital may not submit claims for certain services referred by that physician unless the physician’s compensation is consistent with fair market value and not based on the value or volume of their referrals to the hospital. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 12:51 pm
Among numerous other regulations causing strife for hospital providers (e.g., the Federal Stark law, the Anti-Kickback law, the Civil Money Penalty law, etc.), the AHA noted its continuing concerns with the RAC program. [read post]
16 Oct 2015, 3:52 pm by Ben Vernia
*   *   * The judgment against Tuomey related to violations of the Stark Law, a statute that prohibits hospitals from billing Medicare for certain services (including inpatient and outpatient hospital care) that have been referred by physicians with whom the hospital has an improper financial relationship. [read post]
20 Jun 2018, 5:48 am by Gregory J. Brod
The Stark Law Continue reading The post Violations of the Stark Law can Form the Basis of FCA Lawsuits appeared first on Healthcare Fraud Lawyer Blog. [read post]
20 Jun 2018, 5:48 am by Gregory J. Brod
The Stark Law Continue reading The post Violations of the Stark Law can Form the Basis of FCA Lawsuits appeared first on Healthcare Fraud Lawyer Blog. [read post]
8 Oct 2008, 7:30 am
The message for physicians, hospitals and others in a position to provide Stark designated health services or refer patients for such services is clear. [read post]
8 Jun 2023, 11:43 am by Max Kohn
” He also emphasized the high stakes to consumers that are involved in these dealings: “Stark Act violations drive up the overall costs of the health care system due to fraud and abuse … We will continue to vigorously investigate False Claims Act violations arising out of improper financial relationships between hospitals and physicians. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 3:27 pm by Karl A. Thallner
  On appeal, a central issue was whether the employed neurosurgeons had a financial relationship with the hospitals under the Stark Law’s definition of indirect compensation arrangement. [read post]
31 Mar 2020, 9:01 am by Steven Boutwell
  On March 30, 2020, CMS announced a number of Stark Law waivers to help put “patients over paperwork” and allow certain referrals and submission of claims that would ordinarily violate the Stark Law. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 10:06 am by Darrell Armer
The “whole hospital” exception to the Stark Law has allowed physicians to refer patients to hospitals in which the physicians held an ownership interest. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 11:03 am
CBS News: Abortion Foes Warn Of Hospital Closures, by Brian Montopoli:On the past two Sundays, parishioners at the Holy Family Church in Nutley, New Jersey, have received a stark warning: If the Obama administration and Democratic Congress have their way,... [read post]
23 Oct 2015, 11:09 am by admin
Violations of the Stark Statute come into play when hospitals compensate physicians based, in part, on the number of Medicare and Medicaid patients that they refer, or will refer, to the hospitals for inpatient and ancillary services. [read post]
3 Aug 2018, 10:13 am by luiza
By the C|C Whistleblower Lawyer Team This week’s Department of Justice “Catch of the Week” goes to William Beaumont Hospital, a regional hospital system based in the Detroit area. [read post]
31 May 2008, 2:38 pm
In its May 28th Advisory Opinion, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) found that a hospital system's proposal to pay for customized software to facilitate communication between its electronic health record (EHR) system and EHR software used by physicians affiliated with the hospital would not constitute a prohibited compensation arrangement under the Stark Law. [read post]
24 Jul 2020, 4:48 pm by Texas Legal News
According to reports, a multi-vehicle collision occurred in the 1600 block of East Stark Road. [read post]
2 Dec 2021, 1:55 pm by Ben Vernia
Both the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute are intended to ensure that medical judgments are not compromised by improper financial inducements.The settlement resolves allegations that Flower Mound Hospital violated the Stark Law and the Anti-Kickback Statute when it repurchased shares from physician-owners aged 63 or older and then resold those shares to younger physicians. [read post]
16 May 2013, 2:15 pm by Amber Walsh
Despite this impressive performance by the small industry (there are less than 240 physician-owned hospitals nationwide), there are serious limitations on expansion of existing and development of new physician-owned hospitals due to changes to the Stark Law included in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). [read post]
For those watching recent court opinions interpreting the Stark Law compliance of productivity based physician compensation formulas, CMS provided a welcome clarification that productivity bonuses for employed physicians do not “take into account” the volume or value of referrals of the physician solely by virtue of the fact that a hospital may bill for designated health services each time the physician personally performs a service at the hospital. [read post]