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A 4 page paper that discusses four different issues. The first is a brief explanation of the Stark law, if it affects medical coding, the second is about the importance of diversity in health care organizations, the third is about advertising in healthcare with an example of a possibly unethical advertisement, and the last is about how healthcare organizations could take some lessons from hospitality organizations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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interest (Atlantic Information Services, 2008). The original, 1989, Stark law cited lab services but the revised Stark II Rule from 2001 extends the law into numerous health services (Atlantic Information
Services, 2008). These rules follow along the same type of ban on kickbacks. According to the Stark law or rule, those found guilty of violating it may be fined up
to $100,000 for each type of referral (Atlantic Information Services, 2008). The concept of Stark is not at all new. In fact, the original Social Security Act prohibits a physician
to refer a patient to any entity in which the physician or any member of her family has a financial relationship (Atlantic Information Services, 2008). Some of these services could
include physical therapy clinics, different types of clinical laboratories, home health services and inpatient hospital services (Atlantic Information Services, 2008). There are exceptions, such as in-office ancillary services (Atlantic Information
Services, 2008). In short, the Stark law prohibits physicians and others from referring the patient to himself, i.e., to any service from which he would receive a financial reward. Just
as all other regulations regarding health care service, the Stark law does have an impact on medical coding. Each code has a dollar value attached to it. When a patient
is referred for tests, a medical code is given to that referral (Dietrich, n.d.). If a clinic of several physicians, for example, also had its own labs in the building,
the code must show the referring doctor and the specific test prescribed (Dietrich, n.d.). The medical coder must assure that the fees for those tests are not paid to the
referring physician (Dietrich, n.d.). It is difficult to determine if the Stark law is fair or not. Certainly, in one way it protects the patient from being persuaded to use
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