fee splitting

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

(business) 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").

日本語の意味

（医師や弁護士などの専門職が）、患者や依頼者を別の専門家に紹介し、その結果として二重に報酬が発生するよう仕向け、紹介先の報酬の一部を元の専門職者が受け取る行為。

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The hospital launched an investigation after allegations that several physicians engaged in fee splitting by referring patients to a colleague in exchange for a cut of the consultation fees.

数人の医師が患者を同僚に紹介し、その相談料の一部を受け取る紹介料の分配に関与しているという疑惑を受けて、病院は調査を開始した。

詳細

意味（1）

(business) 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").

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.

詳細

fee splittings （ plural ）