Worried that conflicts of interest could lead to fraud, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission is considering recommending tighter rules to govern physician-owned companies that distribute medical products.
MedPAC members are looking to tighten oversight with tougher requirements in their recommendations to Congress, according to a report in The Hill. Some members argued the practice should be outlawed entirely because of the conflict that could result from doctors profiting on the devices they are recommending for surgical use on their patients.