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Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health services ("DHS") if the physician (or an immediate family member) has a financial relationship with that entity.
The Anti-Kickback Statute [1] (AKS) is an American federal law prohibiting financial payments or incentives for referring patients or generating federal healthcare business. . The law, codified at 42 U.S. Code § 1320a–7b(b), [2] imposes criminal and, particularly in association with the federal False Claims Act, civil liability on those who knowingly and willfully offer, solicit, receive ...
The ability to self-refer is an incentive for physicians to order more tests than they otherwise might. In the United States, the Stark Law (specifically sections I and II) was designed to control self-referrals. [2] However, the exceptions designed to allow necessary testing in physicians' offices have been exploited to circumvent the law.
In 1988, Stark introduced an "Ethics in Patient Referrals Act" bill concerning physician self-referrals. [30] Some of the ideas in the bill became law as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990. [ 30 ]
As of 2015, HHS-OIG had targeted hospitals and healthcare systems for Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute violations pertaining to the management of physician compensation arrangements. [77] In 2015, a fraud alert was issued to publicize the OIG's intent to further regulate such non-compliance. [78]
Texas law allows an abortion when a doctor practicing “reasonable medical judgment” believes “a life-threatening physical condition aggravated by, caused by, or arising from a pregnancy that ...
The Sunshine Act requires manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, biological and medical supplies covered by the three federal health care programs Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) to collect and track all financial relationships with physicians and teaching hospitals and to report these data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Trainee doctors told the BBC that most medical schools do not adequately address the topic of suicide, leaving new and fatigued physicians poorly equipped to deal with traumatic ordeals - and this ...