Considerations When Purchasing A Dental Practice
After spending years in dental school and perhaps working for some time as an associate in another practice, you are finally ready to purchase your own practice. Buying a practice is, for many dentists, the most important decision of their careers, and it can be an intimidating task to take…
How Recent Health Insurance Mergers May Affect Your Bottom Line
Since the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act for the second time in three years, there has been a frenzy of attempted mergers and acquisitions by healthcare insurance companies. Today, we’re going to take a look at five of the largest health insurers, their various offers and bids for…
Penalties for Violating the Stark Law
In our previous posts, we looked at the underlying purpose behind the Stark law against doctor self-referrals, the scope of the Stark law, and the ways in which the Stark law can be violated. This final post in the series will look at what happens if you run afoul of…
Exceptions to the Stark Law on Doctor Self-Referral
We previously looked at the origins of the Stark law, as well as the scope of its coverage. With this post, we will examine the exceptions to the Stark law prohibitions and how they apply in practice.
The Scope of the Stark Law’s Prohibitions
In our previous post, we examined the origins and rationale underlying the Stark Law’s prohibition against physician self-referral. In this post, we look at exactly what the Stark Law prohibits.