Regulating Physician-Owned Distributorships
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
A recent article in Modern Healthcare gives necessary attention to PhysicianOwned Distributorships, or “PODs,” which are companies owned by physicians that sell medical devices to hospitals and outpatient surgery centers. In many situations, the POD’s physician owners are the same physicians who use the devices the facility purchases from the POD. Special Fraud Alert: […]