title: Welcome to professional courtesy discounts: the medical community's pandora's box.
abstract: Recent government regulations on fraud and abuse have transformed the tradition of professional courtesy discounts into a legal minefield threatening to explode on the uninformed medical provider. This paper offers an understanding of the issues involved and provider options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Winkler
mesh_terms: D005251:Fees, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States