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  2. When do you need a Medicare referral? - AOL

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    A person may need a referral from a primary care doctor to access some of the services that Medicare covers. ... care and how a person can get a referral. It also looks at how referrals work with ...

  3. Referral (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    In medicine, referral is the transfer of care for a patient from one clinician or clinic to another by request. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Tertiary care is usually done by referral from primary or secondary medical care personnel.

  4. Electronic referrals - Wikipedia

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    Electronic referrals can result in considerable benefits for service providers. Firstly at the patient level, e-referrals ensure significant improvements to follow-up care coordination [4] by the creation of accurate and timely referrals. Medical decisions are enhanced as each provider involved has the full patient information available to them ...

  5. Physician self-referral - Wikipedia

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    This change in the delivery of these services has resulted in the debate between radiologists and other medical specialists over the control and use of advanced medical imaging. Historically, self-referral described the normal practice of a physician diagnosing a patient and then treating that individual if the treatment was within that doctor ...

  6. Fee splitting - Wikipedia

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    The situation in the US is not entirely clear. [2]According to the World Medical Association, [3]. The AMA Code provides that payment by or to a physician solely for the referral of a patient is unethical as is the acceptance by a physician of payment of any kind, and in any form, from any source such as a pharmaceutical company or pharmacist or a manufacturer of medical appliances and devices ...

  7. We Asked Our Most Trusted Doctors About How to Find the Best ...

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    The last thing you want to do is schedule an appointment with the wrong doctor. You can check out where they went to medical school, but a prestigious school is not always the best indicator of ...

  8. Stark Law - Wikipedia

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    Physician self-referral is the practice of a physician referring a patient to a medical facility in which the physician has a financial interest, be it ownership, investment, or a structured compensation arrangement. Critics argue that this practice is an inherent conflict of interest, because the physician benefits from the physician's own ...

  9. Primary care physician - Wikipedia

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    A recent United States survey, found that 45 percent of primary care doctors were contractually obligated to not inform patients when they moved on to another practice. This is a problem in rural areas, which may forbid doctors from setting up new or competing practices in areas where physicians are scarce. [4]