STARK LAW

Stark Law



Stark Law

Article Summary

This congressional research paper is about the impact which health care fraud and abuse laws have on Medicaid and Medicare in the United States. Written by legislative attorney Jennifer Staman, this paper deals with a number of laws related to health care frauds and their provisions. In this regard, this paper also comments on the Stark Law. Stark law talks about the limitations put forward on physicians for self referrals in 1989, under the Ethics in Patient Referrals Act, commonly known as the Stark Law. This law prohibits self referrals from physicians for payments ...