title: Kan. referral arrangement verdict: guilty. Decision may prompt hospital execs to review contractual relationships, set up legal safeguards.
abstract: The conviction in Kansas City, Kan., last week of two hospital executives and two physicians for engaging in a kickbacks-for-referrals scheme has rocked the healthcare industry. The shock waves will almost certainly affect future arrangements between doctors and hospitals.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006740:Hospital Administrators / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D007615:Kansas; D016365:Liability, Legal; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D010820:Physicians / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States