Remind yourself that the federal Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce referrals of items or services covered by Medicare, TRICARE, and other federally funded programs.
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A Not So Love Triangle: When PE Met AKS Who Met Stark
It’s not quite when Harry Met Sally. As you certainly know, there’s been a flood of investor money, notably private equity money, it into many medical specialties over the last decade. Depending on what specialty you’re in, private equity investment is just beginning to ramp up. For example, I’m seeing an uptick in deals in…
No More Walk in the Park for Convicted Forest Park Defendants – Medical Group Minute
One thing’s for certain, it will be no more walk in the park for the seven defendants convicted for their roles in a bribe and kickback scheme.
No More Walk in the Park for Convicted Forest Park Defendants – Podcast
One thing’s for certain, it will be no more walk in the park for the seven defendants convicted for their roles in a bribe and kickback scheme.
No More Walk in the Park for Convicted Forest Park Defendants
Forest Park was a Texas chain of beautifully constructed hospitals. Operative word: was. Beneath the veneer of great architecture and beautiful interior design was, so federal prosecutors alleged, a decrepit scheme involving questionable marketing agreements and multiple types of fake arrangements from “consulting contracts” to “leases” and even fake companies. The alleged aim? Referrals of…
Physician Behind Bars for Referrals: Kickbacks, Bribes, and Mail Fraud
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.
Greasy Kickback Residue is All That’s Left of Pain Cream Fraud – Medical Group Minute Series
Oh what a tangled web they weave; multiple professionals caught up marketing an ineffective medicine in return for disguised kickbacks.
“But Everyone’s Doing It!!!” Not a Great Defense to Compliance Violations – Success in Motion
Ride along with Mark as he discusses the tendency of many physicians and healthcare entrepreneurs to skip a critical review of the legality of their business structures.
For Whom the Whistle Blows: More Debris From the Fate of Fata – Medical Group Minute
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave…
For Whom the Whistle Blows #2: More Debris From the Fate of Fata
The scalpel of surgeon Farid Fata, M.D. continues to cut from beyond the metaphorical grave, i.e., from behind the walls, gates, and concertina wire of the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. In mid-2015, Dr. Fata traded in his scrubs for a prison uniform when he was sentenced to 45 years in jail for a…