Medical Economics May 23, 2023
The physician and provider communities should find these new protections as welcome news.
Several factors contribute to staffing shortages faced by hospitals and health care providers, negatively impacting not only the ability to provide adequate care for patients, but also increasing strain on existing employees. Aging patient populations that require more care, stressful work environments, fatigue, and burnout all add to the hardship of attracting and maintaining clinical staff.
To tackle the ongoing staffing crisis and improve the mental health and wellness of individual practitioners, Congress has introduced changes in the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act to the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and Physician Self-Referral Law (commonly known as the Stark Law)....
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