Bills aim to improve Medicare, Medicaid for patients, hospitals
February 9, 2015
The Stark Administrative Simplification Act, which Boustany introduced with his co-sponsors — Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Ron Kind (D-WI) and Marc Veasey (D-TX) — would limit the financial penalty that can be enforced on a hospital under the Stark Law, which governs physician self-referral for Medicare and Medicaid patients.