Soothing Stark?
Recently, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) expressed an openness to relaxing current Stark Law restrictions on physician referrals. Specifically, on June 25, 2018, published a Request for Information (RFI) ...
Texas Hospital to Pay $21.8 Million to Settle Stark Law Case
According to an announcement from the U.S. Department of Justice, Citizens Medical Center in Texas will pay $21.8 million to the federal government to settle allegations of illegal payments to ...
Stark Law and ‘Self-Referral’: A Primer
The Stark Law was originally implemented in the 1990s and among its provisions it prohibited physicians from “self-referring” Medicare patients. However, there is an exception in this law that allow ...
Affordable Care Act Makes Important Changes to the Stark Law
The Stark Law is a federal health care statute that limits physician referrals. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made some important changes to the Stark Law that medical providers ...
What is the Stark Law?
The Stark Law, Section 1877 of the Social Security Act, places limitations on certain physician referrals. Physicians are prohibited from referring Medicare patients to health care entities — designated health ...