Employment arrangements between hospitals and physicians often include productivity-based compensation.  This can be in the form of bonuses or adjustments to salary.  A common measure of productivity is the physician’s work Relative Value Units (“RVUs”).  Such productivity measures are intended to motivate newly-hired physicians and to support the fairness of compensation paid and earned.

 The “Stark Law” (42 U.S.C. §…
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