Reporting requirements under "Stark".
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Biomedical subjects
R M Vipperman
Publications and source records attributed to R M Vipperman.
"Fraud alert": joint venture arrangements.
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a special "Fraud Alert" identifying those characteristics of joint venture arrangements that it views as indicators of potentially unlawful activity. As discussed in this article, participants in joint ventures should examine their arrangements to see if one or more of the questionable features are present, and, if so, should take steps to eliminate them, to the extent possible.
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The hospital's fiduciary duty to its medical staff.
California courts have recognized that hospitals have a fiduciary duty when dealing with medical staff privileges. This article discusses the rationale for requiring this higher standard of conduct in privileging decisions, noting the importance to the physicians of medical staff privileges and the fact that medical services are a matter of significant public interest.
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