Stark Law changes coming to physician compensation models in 2022

Medical groups that have division-based or service-level approaches to physician compensation should spend their summer evaluating their models in light of Stark Law revisions that go into effect on January 1, 2022. The revisions, seen by CMS as a clarification of original intent, will effectively prohibit distributions of profits from designated health services, or DHS, on a service-by-service basis.