You are the executive director of a multi-specialty grouppractice consisting of 100 physicians. One day severalof the group’s physicians approach you to propose the idea ofopening an MRI center as part of the group practice. The MRI willbe located in a freestanding facility where other ancillaryservices the group practice provides are located. The MRI would bestaffed exclusively by physicians from the group practice and wouldreceive referrals from physicians in the practice. The projectedfinancials they show you suggest the venture could be verylucrative but you are worried about potential legalproblems. What type of legal problems might you beconcerned about and why? If legal problems do exist, do theycompletely preclude going forward with the proposed MRI center?
