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Article: CMS Releases Stark Phase III Regulations.(United States. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services)
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- September 4, 2007
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More Fizzle than Fireworks
On Aug. 27, 2007, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released an inspection copy of the long-awaited Stark II Phase III Regulations. Overall, healthcare providers should be pleased with the Phase III Stark rules. Despite fears that the landscape for physician-hospital relationships would be drastically altered, the Phase III revisions are for the most part positive and provide greater flexibility for providers. On the negative side, any provider that has relied heavily on the Stark indirect compensation exception needs to review this relationship in light of the new rule that will "collapse" many former indirect ...