Deals involving management services agreements, consulting contracts, or similar structures can appear completely legal at first glance. But dig deeper, and they might turn out to be elaborate covers for kickbacks or bribes.
Kickback
The Nation’s Largest Health Care Fraud Bust, Plus Bureaucratic Negligence
It’s been said that people read published lists of disciplined fellow professionals out of a sense of schadenfreude, the pleasure derived from another’s misfortune.
What Every Physician Must Know About Gilead Sciences’ $202 Million Kickback Settlement
The settlement resolved civil claims against Gilead. The deal did not include any resolution of potential criminal liability. Will the feds pursue Gilead criminally?
From Insurance Watchdog to Prisoner: A Cautionary Tale for Healthcare Professionals
From insurance commissioner to healthcare fraudster to federal prison inmate.
How to Almost Make Half a Billion Dollars: The Arizona Wound Graft Fraud
If you thought health care fraud required medical knowledge, think again.
Nudge Triggers a $17 Million False Claims Act Settlement
A fraud by any other name would smell as bad.
Probably the Most Valuable Anti-Kickback Lesson of All Time
Although no one is going to do time as a result of thinking that wet sidewalks cause rain, in the case of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, confusion over correlation can put you in jail.
Why Reverse Kickbacks Can Send You Back Up the River
Cars go in reverse. So do ceiling fans and electric drills. But did you know that kickbacks go in reverse, too, and that there’s no safe harbor for that?
Free isn’t Free When It Costs Close to $10 Million in AKS Settlements – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark while he discusses a recent AKS statute settlement that proves that free isn’t always free.
OIG Permits Deferred Payment Physician Partner Buyout – Podcast
Even though many physicians and facility administrators don’t realize it, a revolving door can be a useful analogy for anti-kickback analysis. Or, I suppose, just for kickbacks.