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Medicare Program - Physicians Referrals to Health Care Entities with Which They Have Financial Relationships (Phase III) (Us Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (Cms) (2018 Edition) The Law Library

Medicare Program - Physicians Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships (Phase III) (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) The Law Library presents the complete text of the Medicare Program - Physicians Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships (Phase III) (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition). Updated as of May 29, 2018 This final rule is the third phase (Phase III) of a final rulemaking amending our regulations regarding the physician self-referral prohibition in section 1877 of the Social Security Act (the Act). Specifically, this rule finalizes, and responds to public comments regarding, the Phase II interim final rule with comment period published on March 26, 2004, which set forth the self-referral prohibition and applicable definitions, interpreted various statutory exceptions to the prohibition, and created additional regulatory exceptions for arrangements that do not pose a risk of program or patient abuse (69 FR 16054). This book contains: - The complete text of the Medicare Program - Physicians Referrals to Health Care Entities With Which They Have Financial Relationships (Phase III) (US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Regulation) (CMS) (2018 Edition) - A table of contents with the page number of each section