When physicians think about allegations of kickbacks in the context of large insurers, it’s generally related to how a carrier’s internal “claims cops” have alleged that some physician or other provider engaged in a kickback scheme, obviating the payor’s need to pay claims, or, even worse, supporting their demand for repayment. In what some physicians…
Today, and tomorrow, as more and more surgical procedures leave the hospital setting for ASCs and other outpatient facilities, query whether hospital administrators will revisit medical directorships with renewed fervor as they seek ties that bind.
Every new, and every existing, financial relationship with anyone or any entity with which physicians and other healthcare providers do business must be vetted or re-vetted in light of today’s enforcement reality.
Even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.
On Thursday, June 28th, the DOJ and HHS announced the largest ever health care fraud enforcement action.
Ride along while Mark discusses the expanding case involving Insys Therapeutics and kickbacks paid to induce prescription of its drug, Subsys.
Watch Mark discuss how the Feds collected $2.6 Billion from 2015 to 2017 as a result of coordinated Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Justice healthcare anti-fraud operations.
Federal government collects $2.6 Billion stemming from compliance violations in 967 criminal healthcare fraud investigations from 2015-2017.
“Psst! Send me some referrals. I can’t pay you directly, so I’ll pay your spouse.”
Modern office machines, from copiers to printers to maybe even label makers have memory devices, and those devices may be chock full of protected health information.