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Archive > January, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 1

Legal Update

Facility Fees for Doc-owned ASCs Under Fire

John Fanburg

In a recent ruling, a New Jersey Superior Court judge declared that physicians referring patients to ASCs in which they have ownership interests are violating state law. The ruling has the state's legal and medical communities pondering its impact on surgery centers. Facing the possibility that future referrals to their ASCs will be ruled impermissible, physician-owners are also forced to contemplate whether filing claims for ASC facility fee reimbursement might be seen as insurance fraud.

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