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Archive > March, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 3

Legal Update

Vetting Vendor Arrangements

Anjana Patel, JD

In recent years, vendors and physicians have increasingly found themselves under federal government scrutiny for arrangements that incentivize physicians to use or generate referrals of the vendors' products or services, often in violation of the federal Anti-kickback Statute and the Stark Law. Here's an overview of some of the legal issues that impact vendor-physician arrangements.

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