title: New Stark regs threaten groups' ties to independent physicians.
abstract: Depending on what emerges from Congress, the Stark law limiting referrals by physicians to facilities with which they have a financial connection soon may be changed. Meanwhile, we continue our discussion of the new regulations implementing Stark. As we explained last month, these new rules could endanger a common contractual relationship among physicians.
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authors.lastname: Caesar
mesh_terms: D003284:Contract Services / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006123:Group Practice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007193:Independent Practice Associations; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States