Stark Law: Disallows Medication Delivery From Independent Practices

Drugs for patients with cancer could be harder to access due to an interpretation of the Medicare Physician Self-Referral Law, also known as the Stark Law. The interpretation of the law could have confused many medically integrated dispensaries (MIDs), which led to an abandonment of mail-order dispensing from the MIDs, therefore making it harder for patients to access cancer treatment, according to an article published in JCO Oncology Practice.