The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is revisiting a controversial provision it finalized in the Phase III Stark rule in 2007 that requires doctors with financial interests in physician organizations to "stand in the shoes" of those organizations for the purpose of complying with the physician self-referral law.

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June 2008 - Table of Contents

GCR June 2008 (full PDF issue)

OIG Modifies Self-Disclosure Protocol: Integrity Agreements No Longer Required

Court Dismisses Case Against Anti-Markup Rule

Committee Recommends Additional Oversight of Genetic Tests

CMS Mandates Switch to Single Medicare ABN by Sept. 1

Where Have All the Non-Waived POLs Gone?

CMS Revisits Controversial Stark Provision

News in Brief (0806)