ATTORNEY JEFF CALK SAYS REFORM WILL BRING STEPPED UP LAW ENFORCEMENT
By John Mugford
Jeff Calk
If truth be told, third-party developers and owners of medical office buildings (MOBs) need not worry all that much about violating the infamous Stark Law. That’s because they’re not the ones billing the federal government for Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements.
However, an MOB owner’s clients and tenants, most likely the hospitals and physicians, do need to be concerned – and in most cases are very concerned – about Stark.
For that reason, third-party developers and owners might want to make sure they know the basics of Stark, what the violations are as well as the possible penalties, according to Jeffrey A. “Jeff” Calk, a partner at Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP, a healthcare law firm in Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Calk concentrates his practice in healthcare real estate transactions representing hospital systems and medical office owners and developers.
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