title: OIG advisory opinion refines joint venture analysis.
authors.affiliation: Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy, LLP, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: Charlene
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McGinty
authors.forename: Sandra
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herron
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018578:Hospital-Physician Relations; D006770:Hospitals, Group Practice; D009935:Organizational Affiliation; D010816:Physician Incentive Plans / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018584:Physician Self-Referral / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services