On January 23, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released revisions to its Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), an important mechanism through which providers may ...
From 2001-2010, there were nearly 100 different HHS’ Office of Inspector General physician self referral and kickback settlements. In just the last two years (2008-2010) there were more than 20 such ...
According to a Government Accountability Office report, doctors who referred patients for tests involving advanced imaging machines that they or a family member owned cost Medicare more than $100 ...
Effective March 1, 2023, the Stark Law’s Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) will include a new Group Practice Information Form for physician practices to report noncompliance arising from a ...
Self-referrals may be a part of the growth in diagnostic imaging, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, ...
In a recent observational study published in Nature Medicine, researchers assessed the impact of an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered self-referral chatbot on diversity and volume of patient ...
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When physicians order certain medical tests or procedures to be done for a patient, they have the option to self-refer patients back to their own office. These self-referrals are widely viewed as ...
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced legislation aimed at increasing transparency in physician self-referrals for Medicare imaging services. The introduction of the Medicare Imaging Disclosure ...
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