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Archive > September, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 9

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CMS releases Stark Phase III regulations

Stark Phase III
Final Rule of Stark Law Spares Physician Ownership
The biggest news to come from the third and final phase of the Stark Law's implementation is what CMS chose not to say, according to healthcare industry observers from the law firm Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis. They say the rule omits revisions recently proposed in the Medicare 2008 Physician Fee Schedule that would make many current "under arrangements," "per click" and percentage compensation contracts illegal.

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