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Client Alert

The Latest Attempt To Restrict Physician Ownership In Hospitals

March 18, 2008

James F. Owens and Paul A. Gomez

In our client alert issued last August, we addressed a Congressional effort, in the form of H.R. 3162 (the SCHIP Bill), to eliminate the whole hospital exception to the Stark Law so that physicians could not refer patients to hospitals in which they had ownership. That legislation applied to all hospitals, not just so-called specialty hospitals. SCHIP Bill-related legislation subsequently became effective, minus the physician ownership prohibitions. Proponents of the measure to restrict physician ownership were expected to continue to pursue similar legislative efforts.

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