Health Care Administration Legal Issues: Feldstein vs. Nash Case



Health Care Administration Legal Issues: Feldstein vs. Nash Case

Introduction

Being a head of administrator for Sundown Community Hospital it is the responsibility towards the head to make the bid attracted through offering permanent staff privileges to the physician owners as well as monthly bonus arrangements. Articles have been taken as references which are applicable in the situation when group of medical practices offer monetary compensation to the members of the groups.

Discussion

However in order to develop the consultation on the competition for the administration of medication, we could say that the administration of medications is not a task. Nevertheless, require an attractive package that could motivate them in order to avoid anti-kickback which happened in case of Feldstein vs. Nash Case. The following is the package that would attract employees and assist in the joint venture agreement with Central Park Medical Group (law.wustl.edu).

Salary

The first and the key element of compensation plan us salary. According to Geldstein and Nash, salaries to a group's physician-employees must be (Harris, 2003):

For identifiable services,

In amount consistent with fair market value without taking into account any referrals, and

Paid pursuant to a bona-fide agreement that would be commercially reasonable even if the physician never makes any referrals to the group.

If the group meets these conditions, it may pay productivity bonuses or a percentage of collections to the employee-physician for services the physician personally performs. However, it is important to ensure the solid employment agreement that clearly demonstrate compliance with the rule of Geldstein and Nash (Altshuler, Creekpaum & Fang, 2008).

Shares in Profits or Collections

The second element of the compensation structure is productivity payments. To make productivity payments, the physician group must meet the Geldstein and Nash definition of a “group practice.” The following discussion will provide ...