5 Key Stark and Anti-Kickback Legal Rules You’ll Want to Know

The 5 Key Stark and Anti-Kickback Legal Rules You’ll Want to Know While federal Stark and anti-kickback laws, and state law equivalents (often known as “mini-Stark” and “fee-splitting prohibitions”) are very complex, there 5 key legal rules you’ll want to know. Think of these as The Five People You Meet in Heaven—only you meet them on Earth, and they don’t teach you about love or forgiveness or sacrifice or purpose.  They teach you about compliance. Here, briefly are the 5. 1. What’s a “Referral”? Stark, anti-kickback, and fee-splitting laws often refer to illegal “referrals,” but what exactly is a “referral?” Under federal law, “referral” means the request by a physician for an item or service, including the request by a physician for a consultation with another physician (and any test or procedure ordered by, or to be…

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