http://commonhealth.wbur.org/eric-schultz/2009/05/high-performing-or-high-finance-by-eric-h-schultz/ CommonHealth Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:13:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/eric-schultz/2009/05/high-performing-or-high-finance-by-eric-h-schultz/comment-page-1/#comment-8622 Michael Metzler Sat, 09 May 2009 13:35:48 +0000 http://commonhealth.wbur.org/?p=1155#comment-8622 Before we plunge into global billing, we should consider changing the Stark provisions. They are interpreted to allow non-hospital physician groups to refer to their own for-profit ancillary businesses often in the same building. Strangely, a hospital owned physician group cannot share in a hospital's ancillary revenue. I never understood this conflicting application of the Law. Doctors should not profit by referring to services in which they have ownership or where they are financially incentivized to refer. Before we plunge into global billing, we should consider changing the Stark provisions. They are interpreted to allow non-hospital physician groups to refer to their own for-profit ancillary businesses often in the same building. Strangely, a hospital owned physician group cannot share in a hospital’s ancillary revenue. I never understood this conflicting application of the Law. Doctors should not profit by referring to services in which they have ownership or where they are financially incentivized to refer.

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