Medicare Physician Self-Referral ("Stark I and II")

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fraud.

Health facilities.

Medicaid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] 2007

Summary:

Examines legislative ban on physician "self-referrals," which occur when physicians refer Medicare and Medicaid patients to medical facilities in which they have a financial interest, and summarizes current self-referral law and regulations. Discusses provisions barring physician self-referral arrangements in the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Acts of 1989 and 1993 and the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003, activities in the 104th Congress, issues relating to specialty hospitals, implementing regulations for the self-referral ban, other anti-fraud provisions, and pending changes

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Medicare

Publisher Number:

CRS-2007-DSP-0845

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