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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

Maryland's Highest Court Dumps On Docs

Potomac Valley Orthopaedic Associates, et al. v. Maryland State Board of Physicians, et al.,

Held: Maryland's statutory prohibition against physician self-referrals applies to an orthopedic surgeon’s referral of a patient to another health care provider in the same group practice for a MRI or a CT scan that will involve the use of an imaging or scanning machine in which the referring physician has a financial interest. The “group practice” and/or “direct supervision” exemptions to the Maryland Self-Referral Law are not applicable to such a referral.
No. 18, September Term, 2008, Decided Jan. 24, 2011

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