A physician has been indicted for his role in a compound pharmacy prescription scam that included disguised kickbacks. Lots of lessons here.
Tag: AKS
Don’t set yourself up to go to prison by thinking you are setting the government up to overpay you.
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.
Ride along with Mark as he discusses the more than 420% financial return to the government that’s fueling healthcare compliance investigations . . . and convictions.
Even though the AKS has been in existence since the early 1970’s, many subject to it appear to be prone to violate it.
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.
The speed limit’s 70 mph. I’m not going to tell you how fast I’m going, but I’m going with the flow of traffic, which is traveling at a lot more than the speed limit. Would a defense of, “but everyone is speeding” actually work?
Lab made meat. Lab made leather. Both appeared in the news this week.