In Maryland, may a non-clinical owner or manager be paid a share of revenue?
Ownership · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
The cited rules do not settle this — Maryland's self-referral law only bars a health care practitioner from referring patients to an entity they own or have a compensation arrangement with; it says nothing about paying a non-clinical owner or manager.
Under Maryland’s self-referral law, a health care practitioner may not refer a patient, or direct an employee of or person under contract with the health care practitioner to refer a patient to a health care entity: (1) In which the health care practitioner or the practitioner in combination with the practitioner’s immediate family owns a beneficial interest; (2) In which the practitioner’s immediate family owns a beneficial interest of 3 percent or greater; or (3) With which the health care practitioner, the practitioner’s immediate family, or the practitioner in combination with the practitioner’s immediate family has a compensation arrangement. The section opens with an exception clause: “Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section”.
Md. Code, Health Occ. §1-302(a) (Referrals by health care practitioners — prohibited) · verified Sep 7, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
Related Maryland rules
“Compensation arrangement” means any agreement or system involving any remuneration between a health care practitioner or the immediate family member of the health care practitioner and a health care entity.
Md. Code, Health Occ. §1-301(c)(1) (“Compensation arrangement” defined) · verified Sep 7, 2026
Except as permitted under subsection (b) of this section, a corporation may be a professional corporation solely for the purpose of rendering professional services within a single profession.
Md. Code, Corps. & Ass’ns §5-102(a)(1) · verified Sep 3, 2026
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