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Archive > October, 2009 Vol. X, No. 10

Business Advisor

Contracting With Your Anesthesia Group

Bruce Armon; and Franklin Dexter, MD, PhD

When negotiating a contract with your anesthesia group, you'll spend considerable time discussing such usual sticking points as compensation, length of contract and how to handle unused OR time. But other, less-apparent issues are as important, chief among them: Does your agreement comply with the federal anti-kickback statute and its regulations?

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