Hi, Pat. This is more than an ethical question. You may want to research STARK laws. I recently did a group project on this, and from what I learned, a provider cannot refer to an entity that he/she owns/has stock in, etc. Our hospital no longer has a DME store, but when we did we listed it along with the other available places in town. Hope that helps. Joyce Coleman, RN, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html