title: Job offers from hospitals: sorting out stark issues.
abstract: The Stark laws govern the rules under which physicians may make referrals to a designated health service paid for by Medicare; if the physician has a direct or indirect financial relationship with a service, then that physician is prohibited from making a referral to that entity. There are exceptions. Before contracting with hospitals for their services, physicians need to be aware of the legal ramifications.
authors.affiliation: Law Office of Carolyn Buppert, PC, Bethesda, MD, USA. cbuppert@verizon.net
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Buppert
mesh_terms: D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011216:Practice Management, Medical / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce