New 2016 Stark Rules for Structuring Physician Recruitment and Non-Physician Practitioner Support Arrangements

A new Stark exception allows hospitals to provide financial support to physician practices that employ or otherwise engage non-physician practitioners (“NPPs”). In this practical webinar, you’ll learn how to audit your existing recruitment arrangements and ensure that any new NPP support arrangements you enter into are compliant with the 2016 Stark rules. Among other things, you’ll learn about:

• The current Stark Law requirements
• How to comply with key regulatory exceptions
• Safe harbors for recruitment and NPP support
• The new exception for NPP support arrangements
• How to audit your existing recruitment arrangements
• How to implement new legally compliant NPP support arrangements