Blog #25 Don't End Up at Fred's Discount Dialysis - Get rid of the Kidney Doctors' (Nephrologists) Exemption to the Stark Law!!!

Suppose a person is wandering the country and winds up in an area where there are only a couple of restaurants: 'Marvelous Mike's Michelin-starred' restaurant and 'Salmonella Sam's Toxic Waste Dump' restaurant where the chef has graduated from "Typhoid Mary's School of Culinary Delights!".  Being hungry, but not knowing the area, it is decided to ask a local wandering by where a person might partake of a good meal and refreshments.  The local assures the traveler he knows the lay of the land very well - but recommends the traveler dine at 'Salmonella Sam's'!  Why?  It isn't because the local hates tourists, turns out the local is co-owner of 'Salmonella Sam's'!  Hey, the local might otherwise be an upstanding member of the community, but good intentions don't feed the bulldog!