Section 1877 of the Social Security Act (the Act) (42 U.S.C. 1395nn), also known as the physician self-referral law: Prohibits the entity from filing claims with Medicare (or billing another individual, entity, …

Aug 7, 2025 · The Stark Act prohibits a physician from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients for “Designated Health Services” (DHS) to an entity where the physician, or an immediate family …

Stark Law is a set of United States federal laws that prohibit physician self-referral, specifically a referral by a physician of a Medicare or Medicaid patient to an entity for the provision of designated health …

Stark Law, also known as the physician self-referral law, is a federal regulation that prohibits doctors from referring patients to certain healthcare services in which they or their immediate family …

First, the Stark law is a self-implementing statute that went into full force and effect on January 1, 1992 with respect to referrals for clinical lab services and January 1, 1995 with respect to referrals for …

More specifically, the Stark Law prohibited a physician from making referrals for certain designated health services payable by Medicare to an entity with which they have a financial relationship.

Jan 31, 2025 · The Stark Law prohibits physicians from referring patients for certain designated health services (DHS) payable by Medicare to entities with which they or their immediate family members …

In general, physicians and other healthcare providers are prohibited from making referrals for many services if they (or their immediate family members) stand to benefit financially from the referral, …

Personally performed services are exempt from the Stark law. A designated health service is not personally performed or provided by the referring physician if it is performed or provided by any other …

Apr 1, 2024 · Physician self-referral occurs when the following two things occur: Proponents of this law believe that physician self-referral harms patients because it hampers medical decision-making. …