title: Anti-kickback rules place physicians in unsettled waters.
abstract: The Resource-based Relative value scale, RBRVS, the sweeping reform in how physicians will be paid, is not the only change being made in Medicare. The federal government has just issued new rules and a new "Fraud Alert" interpreting Medicare's anti-kickback statute, focusing on the business relationships between medical providers and suppliers.
authors.affiliation: Smith Shaw and McClay, Washington, D.C.
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Carder
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D016265:Conflict of Interest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003415:Crime / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States