1. Physician Self-referrals: Select Analyses of Trends and Issues
- Author
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Hamilton, Louise and Hamilton, Louise
- Subjects
- Medical referral, Medicine--Practice
- Abstract
Self-referral occurs when a provider refers patients to entities in which the provider or the provider's family members have a financial interest. Rising Medicare expenditures for PT services have long been of concern, and questions have been raised about the role of self-referral in this growth. This book examines trends in the number of and expenditures for self-referred and non-self-referred Medicare PT services and how provision of these services differs among providers on the basis of whether they self-refer. It also discusses similar trends in cancer treatments, anatomic pathology services, and advanced imaging services.
- Published
- 2015