| HCFA-98-001 | Physicians with ownership interests in an ambulatory surgery center asked whether they could make referrals to the ASC under the Stark Law. HCFA found that the ASC was located in a rural area and the referrals therefore qualified for an exception. |
| HCFA-98-002 | Partners and physician employees of a proposed partnership asked whether, under the "in-office ancillary services" exception, they could refer Medicare and/or Medicaid patients to the partnership for eyeglass prescriptions filled subsequent to cataract surgery with the insertion of an intraocular lens. HCFA concluded that they could. |