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Sep 3, 2008 12 min

Legal Issues Concerning the Concierge Practice

from Clinician's Roundtable

Host: Larry Kaskel, MD Guest: Robert Portman, JD, MPP Converting a private practice to the concierge medical practice model raises many legal issues. Attorney Rob Portman, a partner with the law firm of Powers, Pyles, Sutter & Verville, explains the legal issues of a concierge medicine practice, including contract terms for participating patients, care obligation to non-participating patients, and rules for billing Medicare for services on concierge patients. In addition, Host Larry Kaskel explores with Mr. Portman the legal arguments that render concierge medicine unlawful, and the pending federal legislation to regulate this business model.

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