Ban On In-Office Ancillary Exception To Stark Law For Self-Referrals Debated As Offset For Doc-Fix Bill
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
To help pay for the Doc-Fix bill, Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif. and other want to eliminate an in-office ancillary exception to self-referral regulations that lets physicians provide radiation therapy and advanced imaging services in their own offices. But several senators and medical societies are staunchly defending the Stark law exception.