Physian owned labs/centers

[carml]

I've seen several places on the forums where folks are discussing physician ownership in sleep labs, diagnostic labs, imaging centers and the like even by physicians from totally unrelated fields.

I was wondering how this works from a practical point of view? Are these owners also part-time operators or is this something that one just invests and then collects a part of the revenues? I guess I'm just trying to figure out how this kind of a thing is usually set up because I'm having a hard time seeing how a bunch of gas docs, for example, can have ownership in an imaging center? What's the incentive for the radiologist to work in such a setting... Thanks in advance.

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[carml]

It's a secret, I guess

 

[deleted87716]

Ownership is a purely financial arrangement. It does not necessarily involve direct patient care or oversight.