Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Know Your Stark Laws.

Most of the recent posts here have been about health care financing, mainly because with the upcoming elections, this is a very hot topic. However, the purpose of this blog is to discuss all things business. Bisnow is a media company that sends out daily e-newsletters about key local industries, including health care. Today's post is a very interesting one on changes in the Stark laws. Stark laws are designed to prevent physicians from profiting from self-referral.
For more detailed and accurate information on the Stark laws here is the CMS site link, though the Wikipedia entry is pretty good.