Miscellaneous legal issues affecting integrated delivery systems, foundations, and management services organizations.

Abstract

This chapter addresses some of those legal issues that uniquely affect the formation or operations of an integrated delivery system (IDS), a foundation, or a management services organization (MSO), but which are not discussed in any other chapters. This chapter gives special insight and guidance on issues such as licensing, credentialing and peer review, employee benefit plans, prohibitions against physician self-referrals, and the rules on disclosure of ownership and control.