Fee Splitting: Purchase of Medical Practice on a Percentage Basis

The WSMA believes a physician may pay anything he/she wants to for a medical practice as long as a set price is established, but it is unethical for a physician to pay a percentage of the income of the practice that he/she has purchased as payment for it. (JC 6.06-87) (Reaffirmed A-17)

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Abbreviations for House of Delegates report origination:

EC – Executive Committee; BT – Board of Trustees; CPA – Council on Professional Affairs; JC – Judicial Council; CHS – Community and Health Services