Even though the AKS has been in existence since the early 1970’s, many subject to it appear to be prone to violate it.
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Ride along with Mark as he discusses why you must take the things you hear with a grain of salt.
Free Services (Like Medical Directorships) Are Slippery Slide to Compliance Hell – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses how competing via providing free services, such as uncompensated medical directorships, or giving into a facility’s demand for free services, is a violation of the federal anti-kickback statute.
Structuring a payment or a transaction such that the deal is at fair market value is not the be-all and end-all of AKS compliance.
There are tremendous opportunities in the market, opportunities that you can exploit. But in doing so, you must think twice, or even thrice, about the proper structuring of your deals. Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Lab made meat. Lab made leather. Both appeared in the news this week.
In general terms, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits the offer, demand, payment, and acceptance of remuneration—that is, of anything of value—for referrals.
Don’t set yourself up to go to prison by thinking you are setting the government up to overpay you.
There’s an expression in carpentry, “measure twice, cut once.”
Structuring a payment or a transaction such that the deal is at fair market value is not the be-all and end-all of AKS compliance.
