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Originally Posted by Quietman
You got it right this time. Lets look back a littlte.
1.Morse's wife Sharon died of cancer. He cared for her very much- even named a building after her.
2.He wanted to attract a first class cancer practice to the Villages.
3.He attracted Moffitt by dangling free use (or low rental fees) of great equipment.
4.Donations were requested from Villagers and they responded.
5.The equipment belongs to the Villages hospital (non-profit)
6.Moffitt could not or would not expand their services her and decided to pull out when lease expired.
7.New tenant can use the equipment however the hospital decides. Developer has no control and no investment in it and CANNOT sell it.
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Number 3 is illegal as it violates the anti-kickback (Stark) statutes. I seriously doubt that TVH would do that. More likely some entity associated with TV owned the equipment and billed the Technical Component. The real profit in cancer care is in owning the equipment.