Does Dizzy Care Network comply with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law?

Yes. Dizzy Care Network is designed to support compliance with the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, and other healthcare fraud and abuse rules.

Dizzy Care Network is not a pay-per-referral service. Clinicians and clinics cannot pay to increase their match score, improve their ranking, receive preferential placement, or receive guaranteed patient referrals. Patients are matched based on their needs, symptoms, location, and relevant clinician information—not on how much a clinician pays.

Dizzy Care Network may offer subscription tiers with different platform features, support levels, workflow tools, analytics, and monthly connection capacity. These tiers are designed to reflect the software, administrative, technology, and support resources needed to operate the platform. A higher tier may allow a clinician or clinic to manage more patient connections through the platform, but it does not change the matching logic or give that clinician preferential treatment in patient-facing results.

Dizzy Care Network uses several safeguards to support compliance:

1. Open participation standards – Qualified clinicians who meet Dizzy Care Network’s participation standards may apply to join. Participation is based on eligibility requirements, clinical information, and platform standards—not referral volume or payment for preferred placement.
2. Standardized subscription tiers – Fees are based on published platform tiers, available features, support needs, and monthly connection capacity. Fees are not charged as a commission, success fee, or percentage of patient revenue.
3. No paid ranking or referral boost – Clinicians cannot pay to be ranked higher, shown more often, or matched with patients ahead of clinicians who may be a better fit. Paid plans do not override the matching process.
4. Patient-first matching – Patient matches are based on relevant factors such as symptoms, location, clinician expertise, availability, and other information that helps the patient make an informed choice.
5. Clinical independence – Clinicians remain responsible for their own clinical judgment, testing, diagnosis, treatment recommendations, documentation, billing, and patient care. Dizzy Care Network does not direct how clinicians provide care.
6. Patient choice – Dizzy Care Network helps patients review clinician options, but patients remain free to choose their clinician or seek care elsewhere.
7. Patient disclosures – Dizzy Care Network Care-Seeker Agreement provides information about how clinicians participate in the network, whether clinicians may pay for platform access, how matching works, and the nature of Dizzy Care Network’s relationship with participating clinicians.
8. Ongoing review – Dizzy Care Network continues to review its pricing, matching, and participation policies as the platform grows. The goal is to support access to appropriate dizziness care while maintaining a fair, transparent, and patient-centered process.

Clinicians and organizations should consult their own legal or compliance advisors if they have questions about how participation fits their specific practice, payer mix, or organizational policies.