Leasing imaging facilities to referring physicians: Fee shifting or fee splitting?

Radiology

Volumn 234, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-48

  Berlin, Leonard ^a   Berlin, Jonathan W ^b  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LAW; LEASING; MEDICARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYSICIAN INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10644282208     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2341040531     Document Type: Editorial

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