title: Kickbacks, stark violations, client billing, and joint ventures: facts and controversies.
abstract: Many current business trends in the field of dermatopathology deserve ethical scrutiny. An important point to consider in these analyses is that which is legal is not necessarily ethical. We examine the topics of client billing, contractual joint ventures, and health information technology donations, including both the legal implications as pertaining to the Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute, and the ethical ramifications of these practices.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 593 Eddy St, APC 10, Providence, Rhode Island 02903.
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Mannava
authors.forename: Lionel
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bercovitch
authors.forename: Jane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Grant-Kels
mesh_terms: D003880:Dermatology / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005607:Fraud; D006759:Hospital-Physician Joint Ventures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006278:Medicare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States