Stark Law: Latest Trends and Developments

About this episode

The episode discusses the complexities of the Stark Law and recent developments in its application within health care organizations.

Joe Wolfe, Attorney, Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, speaks with Charles Oppenheim, Partner, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, about the current landscape surrounding the Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark Law. They discuss why the Stark Law is so complex and the kinds of issues that attorneys face in this area, how CMS has introduced more flexibility under Stark and ways that health care organizations can incorporate these new flexibilities into their contracting pol...

People in this episode

Host: Joe Wolfe

Guest: Charles Oppenheim

Topics covered

• Stark Law
• Physician Self-Referral Law
• health care contracting
• legal complexities
• CMS regulations

Keywords

• Stark Law
• Physician Self-Referral
• health care law
• CMS
• contracting
• legal issues
• attorneys

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hall Render Killian Heath & Lyman PC, Hooper Lundy & Bookman PC, CMS

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