Becker's Healthcare October 28, 2025
Stark law is one of the most consequential regulations governing financial relationships in healthcare, designed to prevent fraud and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid by prohibiting certain types of physician self-referrals.
Here are 10 key things to know, according to a recent post on law firm Eisner Gorin’s website:
1. The Stark law bans physicians from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients for designated health services to an entity with which the physician or an immediate family member has a financial relationship, unless an exception applies.
2. It is a strict liability law, meaning that even if a physician unknowingly violates the law, the act of making a prohibited referral itself triggers liability.
3. “Financial relationship” includes both ownership/investment interests and...
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