AF Monogram
Search
Media

New Health Care Reform Law Mandates Immediate Patient Disclosure by Referring Physicians in Group Practices

Home > Media > Announcements > New Health Care Reform Law Mandates Immediate Patient Disclosure by Referring Physicians in Group Practices

The new healthcare reform law which President Obama signed into law last week brings a change that will immediately affect physicians in group practices where MRI, CT, PET, and other specified imaging services are provided.

 

More specifically, the new law retroactively amends the “in-office ancillary services” exception in the Federal ” Stark Law” by requiring that referring physicians inform their patients in writing, at the time that they order MRI, CT, PET and other specified imaging services, that the patient can obtain the same imaging services from other providers who are unaffiliated with the group.

 

The new law also requires that the referring physician provide the patient with a list of alternative suppliers who can provide such imaging services in the same geographic area in which the patient resides.

 

To learn more about these new requirements, please call Patrick Formato, Esq. in our Lake Success office at 516-328-2300.

Contact Us

Local Respect,
State-Wide Reach

For further information about our experience, please contact our law firm on Long Island at 516-328-2300, in Brooklyn at 718-215-5300, White Plains at 914-607-7010, Rochester at 585-218-9999 or Albany at 518-535-9477 to schedule an initial consultation.