title: Physician-owned health care ventures: the question of patient referrals.
abstract: This article explores the various legal and ethical restrictions governing physician-owned health care ventures to which the physician-investors expect to refer patients. The article also suggests ways to structure such enterprises so as to minimize the risk of liability to the physician-investors as well as to the health care venture itself.
mesh_terms: D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005607:Fraud; D007449:Investments / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare; D010067:Ownership; D010820:Physicians; D011362:Professional Corporations / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States