Hospitals and physicians need to be alert when entering management agreements to ensure that the relationships require sufficient bonafide services to justify those management agreements. In this latest case, allegations related to violations of Stark Statute and Anti-Kickback Statute led to significant penalty payments, Ten Million Dollars. Hospitals and physicians need to ensure that any management service agreements they enter do not violate the Stark Statute and/or Anti-Kickback Statute.
April 2, 2015