title: Office of Inspector General approves hospital-physician surgery center joint venture.
authors.affiliation: Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harned
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008484:Medicaid; D006278:Medicare; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013531:Surgicenters / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services