tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 3

Hospitals: WHY HOSPITAL-DOC ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE COMPLIANCE TIME-BOMBS

3 risk areas to watch for.            If hospitals and physicians don't carefully pore over their financial arrangements for potential compliance problems, they could pay a steep price. Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, along with a number of related organizations, agreed to shell out $6.25 million to settle allegations that they ran afoul of the Stark physician self-referral law.  In particular, the Department of Justice alleged that Metropolitan:             paid compensation to vascular physicians that exceeded...

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