Meaning of fee splitting | Babel Free

Definitions

The practice, usually of questionable ethicality, by some professionals, such as medical doctors and lawyers, of sending a client to a second practitioner for an additional consultation in order to obtain another payment from the client or from his or her insurer, and in return for which the original practitioner receives a portion of the payment made to the second practitioner (a "commission" or "piece of the action").

uncountable, usually

Examples

“While it is impossible to remove⟳ all financial pressures from the decision-making process⟳, there are some practices, such as fee splitting, that are unethical because they so strongly influence⟳ practice patterns solely on the basis of financial considerations.”

“Some commenters believed that implementation of the employer-employee exemption would allow⟳ abusive practices to occur⟳ such as kickbacks, tie-ins, fee splittings, and conflicts of interest⟳.”

“The report⟳ complained of "a clear nexus between private medical practitioners and pharmacy shops," and "fee-splitting between diagnostic centres and referring doctors."”

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