Legal Implications of Integration

Ron Lebow, JD Urgent message: As health systems and payors align their interests in the creation of accountable care organizations, hospitals that acquire or partner with urgent care centers must adopt a legal structure and an operating model that remain compliant with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the federal Stark law, and with other federal and state regulations. Introduction With the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), the government recognized that …

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