Hospitals and health care services must pay strict attention to physician agreements as a strategic imperative. Stark law regulations on these types of agreements entail heavy punitive costs for hospitals that do not fully comply. Facing the likelihood of error with simply paper-based filing systems, hospitals rely on contract management software to provide visibility and control that will ensure compliance with all regulations. This paper will help readers understand how Stark Law has caused hospitals to think differently about contract management, and how a contract management system can help accomplish far more than storing and tracking physician agreements. |