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Oncologists and the Stark Law

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The so-called Stark law, named after its sponsor, Congressman Pete Stark, was enacted in 1989 to address what was seen as excessive ordering of ancillary services by physicians who owned the equipment with which the services were furnished.¹ Over the years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has issued a series of regulations establishing a complex set of interpretations of the law.²

The Stark law generally prohibits physicians from referring Medicare and Medicaid patients for specified "designated health services" to entities with which they, or their immediate families, have a financial relationship. This prohibition is broader than it . . . [Click for More]

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