Return to Web Version
American Academy of Family Physicians

Fee-splitting

See also:
Fees, Excessive
Fees, Global
Fees for Patient Education
Fees to Physicians for Referrals to Other Health Care Professionals
The AAFP is firmly opposed to the practice of fee-splitting. The AAFP defines fee-splitting as any division of fees without the full knowledge of the patient and with the intent of influencing the choice of physician, consultant, assistant or treatment on any other basis than that of the greatest good of the patient. (1952) (2009 CoD)