Forum Session
| Date: | DECEMBER 14, 2007 | ||
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| Manager: | Laura A. Dummit | ||
| Summary: | The Ethics in Patient Referrals Act was intended to stop physician referrals motivated by financial gain by restricting physician ownership of certain types of facilities. Although the so-called Stark law was passed over 15 years ago, Congress and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to struggle with the boundaries of the legislation. The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission has urged CMS to strengthen several provisions to further restrict physician self-referrals, while others have argued for changes to allow for new developments in health care. This Forum session addressed how the law has been modified, how the opportunities for self-referral have changed, and whether this new context requires rethinking the ethics of self-referral. | ||
| Speakers: | Hoangmai H. Pham, MD, Senior Health Researcher, Center for Studying Health Systems Change; Vicki Robinson, JD, Chief, Industry Guidance Branch, Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; William Rich, III, MD, Medical Director of Health Policy, American Academy of Ophthalmology Slides from the presentations by Dr. Pham, Ms. Robinson, and Ms. Dummit are also available for download. |
