108 CMR 10.00 and fees for payment shall not apply to the rates of payment to physicians for medical, surgical, anesthesia and X-ray services provided in state institutions by state-employed physicians or physician consultants in state hospitals. Also, 108 CMR 10.00 and fees for payment shall not apply to:
- (1) Physicians whose contractual arrangements with hospitals and affiliated medical schools involve a salary, compensation in kind, teaching research or payment from any other source resulting in dual compensation for professional, supervisory or administrative services related to patient care.
- (2) Physicians who serve as interns, residents, fellows or house officers.
(3) Physicians who serve as attending, visiting, or supervisory physicians in a hospital, if any of the following conditions exists:
- (a) the physician does not customarily bill private patients without insurance under comparable circumstances
- (b) the physician is not legally responsible for, or the physician does not control management of the patient’s case with respect to medical, surgical anesthesia or X-ray services
- (c) the physician does not perform the medical, surgical, anesthesia or X-ray services
- (d) the physician does not meet DVS’s conditions of participation for physicians