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Would appreciate any advice on this situation:
Recently joined private practice in which I was signed as a 1099 independent contractor seeing patients in clinic and also doing procedures in an ASC (Clinic side and ASC are independent corporations - both owned by a senior member). On the clinic side, I collect professional fees for seeing patients minus a fixed percentage for overhead. On the ASC side, I perform procedures on my patients who I’ve seen in consultation/follow-up in the clinic and also collect the professional fee minus a fixed percentage for overhead. The owner would like to structure a way for me to make some money off the facility fees from my procedures in the ASC but doesn’t want to offer shares for ownership in the ASC. When asked why, a previous physician was given shares in the ASC and very soon after stopped performing procedures while continuing to collect a share of facility fees and it became a problem. The owner has asked me to come up with a solution(s) where I can make money off facility fees while not violating Anti-Kickback Law. Any thoughts or solutions would be greatly appreciated.
Recently joined private practice in which I was signed as a 1099 independent contractor seeing patients in clinic and also doing procedures in an ASC (Clinic side and ASC are independent corporations - both owned by a senior member). On the clinic side, I collect professional fees for seeing patients minus a fixed percentage for overhead. On the ASC side, I perform procedures on my patients who I’ve seen in consultation/follow-up in the clinic and also collect the professional fee minus a fixed percentage for overhead. The owner would like to structure a way for me to make some money off the facility fees from my procedures in the ASC but doesn’t want to offer shares for ownership in the ASC. When asked why, a previous physician was given shares in the ASC and very soon after stopped performing procedures while continuing to collect a share of facility fees and it became a problem. The owner has asked me to come up with a solution(s) where I can make money off facility fees while not violating Anti-Kickback Law. Any thoughts or solutions would be greatly appreciated.