title: A warning to physicians: changing landscape of the corporate-provider relationship.
abstract: In 2007, the United States federal government recovered $1.54 billion for fraud in the health care industry. The government's unwavering and continuing commitment to enforcement and criminal actions compel the need for a stronger provider understanding of the regulatory framework within which corporate-provider relations must be structured. This commentary aims to review briefly the need for such education in order to protect providers from legal action and offers a straightforward, proactive compliance approach to optimize patient care and technological innovation while maintaining appropriate remuneration.
authors.affiliation: Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, Nemours Children's Clinic-Wilmington, Alfred I DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE 19803, USA. ushah@nemours.org
authors.forename: Udayan K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Gina Maisto
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Ziv
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Reilly
mesh_terms: D005607:Fraud / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D016365:Liability, Legal; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States