Examples Of Violation Of The Stark Law

The Key requirement of the Stark Law is not to provide referrals to organizations where they can benefit financially. As for the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute is similar in the sense that providers are not to give or receive anything of value for services that will be paid by Medicare or Medicaid. The practice administrator must understand these laws because whether or not the act was done intentionally or unintentionally, they will be held liable therefore the must analyze every aspect of these laws to guarantee that the practice is compliant. According to Wolper (2013), The Stark Law has been around for decades and has had several revisions in connection with rules from the Medicare program (p. 406). An example of violating the Stark Law
would be a physician referring a patient to a lab that is owned by their immediate family member. Aforementioned will be inappropriate, and a violation of the rule since an immediate family member operating a health care facility is not to accept referrals from a doctor that is an immediate family member.